#1 Too much VC money, infrastructure and first mover advantage for xmr to compete head on with btc. Besides if BTC is facing the upcoming regulations and various government pressures while not being anonymous the same would apply to xmr in a exponential way.
Flatscreens kicked out CRT's, but both are still televisions (add: and the infrastructure that went into the TV networks is massive!). I agree that there's a lot into bitcoin right now, but we just got our foot in the door here. The general feeling I get from this board is that we're collectively on the verge of settling on a new monetary base of exchange for the world .. which has been largely based on gold, silver or other precious metals for over 4000 years. I'm not seeing how a 5 year head start is gonna take home all the bread. In short, the ending to every mild disagreement ever here (even though I shudder every time I see it): We'll see
#2/3 I dont think you understood, or i wasnt clear enough, the tradeoffs in the blockchain size (or clunkyness as you refer to) at the moment are a joke of a price to pay for the advantages monero offers.
You're right! I didn't get it, sorry! I was a little confused
I am quite a large holder of XMR, to the tune of 25-30% of my btc holdings and it is the only other coin i hold so don't take this as FUD etc...so yes i do have faith in it.
Heh, I've stopped worrying about FUD for a while now. Now I just take the statements as they come to the extent I can understand them, because for all I know I'm probably not gonna understand what they mean in the first place. I'm fine with being wrong though .. part of figuring out what we're all doing here.