Quote from: SmirkinPepe on August 23, 2016, 02:36:46 PM

Quote from: btc_zero_sum on August 23, 2016, 02:13:48 PM

well significant if you use to buy or sell stuff on dark net markets

if i'm interested in the technology behind crypto and i'm not a dealer, i couldn't care less about it

A technology is in the end measured by its real world applications and value. When all is said and done you have to close the study books and go out there into the world and make something happen. Whether that is provide the thirsting junkies with their fix or growing legs on sub saharan amputee babies, all the rest is pseudo intellectual wankery or hobbyism.

Now as far as crypto goes, one of the use cases it actually succeeded at is providing those who want to buy goods deemed illegal by whatever collection of mediocre numbskulls is ruling them with an avenue to do so, at a significantly lower risk than before. World hunger is still there, and the unwashed masses still haven't been provided with soap yet, but that's ok. We will get to that too, using blockchain, maybe. Or probably not.

Yes. In the case of XMR I did not realize that something as simple as anonymity will be an important asset in a currency. I was already ok with the idea of BTC + mixing service until the Alpha Bay and Oasis announcement has me convinced that XMR will become a very highly used coin in the darknet. Maybe the developers should make light wallets to make it more newbie friendly and gain faster adoption.