>>60798207
>And technically I'm part of the shadow economy too. I buy Bitcoin, conjoin it, wait, then use my profits to buy gift cards without declaring taxes. Monero hasn't helped me in my quest to evade taxes at all, because to be worth it, I'd need profit I can cash out on.

White market giftcards aren't grey/black market. Counter-economy = grey/black market, the colors of agorism.

>>60798234
>Well I /want/ to agree with you. Really, I want to believe. But the fact that MoneroMarket got shut down, LocalMonero got shut down, Monero's network is being shaken so easily, and its miners have been left to mine at a loss (which is not sustainable) ... all these are just sad events, blackpilling many, and leaving a bitter taste, "yeah, it will be better tomorrow (?)"

Sorry I can't share in your pessimism but I'm still pretty damn hyped about the future. The project is adapting as its supposed to. You take your licks and move on.


>>60798251
>It hasn't happened yet so it never will

Conducting grey market business on the darknet with privacy coins is safer and ultimately easier than conducting it on the clearnet with snitchcoins. That is a simple FACT. You can build your brand, settle into a domain and secure your profits long-term without having to constantly look over your shoulder. And its not like normies going shopping on the darknet is science fiction, consumer behavior in other sectors shows that once the friction drops and the benefits are obvious, mainstream adoption follows.

Just as streaming piracy went from niche to normal for millions, grey market goods purchased via privacy-preserving darknet platforms could normalize, driven not by ideology but by convenience, price and the simple desire to transact without interference. In that sense, the migration to the darknet isn’t just safer for operators, it’s the logical evolution for a growing segment of commerce.

So its really just a question of who does it first. Not if but when.

>>60666716
>The disclaimers aren’t going away. They’re in this thread and will continue to be posted. Consider it your punishment for shitting on moonboys for years.

lol go ahead, all you're doing is being annoying.


>So why don’t you answer the question: why did YOU post a duplicate thread?

Because I could. And because your thread was MOONFAG CENTRAL complete with a TA chart and retarded price prediction right in the OP. Couldn't let that insult to Monero-chan slide.


>Do you think you’re the only one who can post general threads?

Nope.


>Have you appointed yourself the leader of Monero on this board?

Nope. I'm just a known quantity. All we know about you is that you make retarded price predictions, you shamelessly simp for BTC and Tether and you sperg out spectacularly when you don't get your way.


>You’re literally bragging that you created an echo chamber when you say this.

Monero was already heavily ideological by the time I discovered it.


>The classic snailmoon post about Monero literally says 2025 is the year you should “start marketing heavily”. Why aren’t you embracing that?

Shill the economy, not the coin. Can't spend in the economy without the coin.