I'm pretty vocal on this thread as y'all around here know, although this is pretty much the only place online in crypto world where I ever talk about much at all (primarily because I believe the 'regulars' here are a cut above the usual online discourse... certain parties excepted, LOL)

Anyway, I've been pretty quiet thru all this shitstorm just because it's taken a while to come to any conclusions.

So now, in an effort to -- I HOPE -- help start putting it to rest (ha, fat chance)...

1. This is one of those situations that is NEVER gonna be "resolved".

2. Some people are gonna always hate this and some are gonna always love it.

3. As per #2 I believe (hope) that overall it'll be about a break-even "wash"

4. Monero will lose some people over this issue but it'll gain other people over it, so again maybe a "wash"

5. In a few months when we're over $100 for a thousand OTHER reasons, this will probably be largely a non-issue anymore

6. In the end only the code matters.  The tech is solid. The coin is working. Nothing else really counts as much.

7. BUT in the meantime?  "There's No Such Thing As Bad Publicity"... LOL   People talking about Monero! Yay!

8. Even if it is "trash talking", probably *still* YAY 'cuz even that'll bring people on the other side of the argument.

9. So... we all good now, right?  So... can we talk about something else now?  AmIRite?