darkota covered it: masternodes and coinjoin. I see them as obfuscation misleading investors, not as meaningful security against the inevitable deanonymizing attack by a nation-state. certainly not something to which I can entrust the well-being of my family. it is probably fine for buying blacklisted herbs in liberal states, but that is not the brass ring.

with cn I am relying on a peer-reviewed implementation of a protocol with provable known characteristics.  spectral network analysis is its weakest point, and provides very little information if the coin is used properly.  it needs improvement but the path is clear (larger anonymity sets and i2p) and the infrastructure is being built even now. at that point it can serve the needs of serious customers.  even without, it already serves as a hedge on fungibility issues in transparent chains.