I actually think this thread is a healthy and needed discussion. There has been a myth perpetuated that BBR and XMR are the same, but that since XMR had more bitcoin "whales" backing it, XMR is/was better.

As more and more people have come to realize and publicly recognize that Crypto-Zoidberg is currently the best CN developer in the world, these same XMR whales started including in their mythology that CZ was actually "helping" and "working with" XMR developers.

Now, while it is true that CZ has come to rescue on a few occasions - most recently by finding the CN exchange bug last week that could have ended XMR - he is not and has not worked with XMR development.

XMR simply does not have the best CN developer on their team and that's just the facts.

Moving forward with BBR's upcoming new development plan - once its released to the public - people will start to see the gap between the direction of the two coins more clearly.

And, it is my opinion, that eventually - sooner or later - both coins will not be in the same discussion.