Disadvantages. The disadvantages of the monero can include the size of its transactions, which in comparison with other crypto-currencies is almost 10 times greater. This fact, significantly increases the load on the blockade of crypto currency, so sometimes there may be delays in translations. The second shortcoming of Monero, is his anonymity. It seems to be there, and it's enough to hide data about users, but still, it's not absolute, like for example in Zcash.

Benefits. This crypto currency is much safer than most other crypto currencies, which is what made the demand for it, which subsequently allowed it to be in the first 10 in terms of capitalization. But, the appearance of two forks of bitcoin, displaced Monero to 11th place.