Re: [XMR] Monero Speculation

The Monerolink PDF has been answered by https://getmonero.org/2017/04/19/an-unofficial-response-to-an-empirical-analysis-of-linkability.html

That Monerolink PDF was written in part by Andrew Miller, who is on the official Zcash team (https://z.cash/team.html). That removes any impartiality which, being an academic, he's supposed to have. And, as seen in the link above, the faults they find with Monero can be easily debunked and/or those faults no longer apply since they've been fixed and have been fixed for some time. So, it's just FUD, but do your own research and see for yourself.

Here's a comparison of privacy-centric coins: https://moneroforcash.com/monero-vs-dash-vs-zcash-vs-bitcoinmixers.php

I am a longtime Monero supporter. I bought within a month or two of the coin's issue in 2014, when Bittrex first listed it. Monero is my biggest holding, more than any other crypto, and more than my dollar-denominated assets. I had to get my bona fides out of the way because of what I am about to say. And I want you to read and consider.
All the back and forth, including refuations posted by Monero people, are 99.9% motivated by partisanship.
Wake up and stop acting like kids in the schoolyard.
I come to this thread to read and communicate with people who understand crypto, and what I see is the same dreary tit-for-tat that infects every debate I'm following, whether it's core vs bitcoin cash, Monero vs Zcash, and all the rest of the small minded wrangling over crypto controversies.
Grow up, people. There's much more to this than winning the argument.
I want to read something written in a tone of detachment. A high-handed, superior tone, and the conviction of your own righteousness, counts for nothing with me.
God damn it.

Of course, what did you expect? Peaceful discussions? unbiased conversations? Truth? I believe progress is made through arguments, dicussion, debates or whatever and being right or wrong is important to progress.