Ok, I see what you are saying. Here is my perspective:
1. It's easy to use, but hard to onboard and offboard. I want to pay my barber with XMR, but I haven't found an easy way to get XMR and he is af...
>Hard to onboard and offboard.
Onboard: Sell goods/services for XMR; be a proxy-buyer on XMRbazaar;
Offboard: And here’s the best part... The big part Monero community always tries to buy goods/services with XMR. Check out how many merchants there are on Monerica.com and XMRbazaar.
While Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other communities try to conform to the rules of the current financial/political system, the Monero community is building a parallel system. Quietly.
When I onboard a new merchant to Monero, I always tell them they don’t need to sell Monero for fiat to buy goods/services; I give them Monerica.com and XMRbazaar.com, explain how they work, and so on.
Even if they do need to buy something with fiat, they can always buy a gift card or find a proxy-buyer on XMRbazaar to whom they’ll give XMR and receive payment for the goods they need.
Yes, it’s a more complicated process. But it’s free from government control.
>You need to build trust with each new seller. Much harder than trusting a single entity.
You can use an escrow service that has a good reputation.
>I’m not trying to bash Monero. I’m trying to point out its weakest point so it can be fixed.
I get it. It’s all good.
It’s just that the problem doesn’t really exist. You just need to have the will to resist government control.
Some people prefer to beg the government on their knees for a 0% tax on their crypto and report it to the government, only to have it stolen by criminals. Others report their crypto to the government because they are mentally and politically weak.
And some people buy goods or services with Monero, even if Monero isn't listed among the supported currencies on the merchant's website. :)
Onboard: Sell goods/services for XMR; be a proxy-buyer on XMRbazaar;
Offboard: And here’s the best part... The big part Monero community always tries to buy goods/services with XMR. Check out how many merchants there are on Monerica.com and XMRbazaar.
While Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other communities try to conform to the rules of the current financial/political system, the Monero community is building a parallel system. Quietly.
When I onboard a new merchant to Monero, I always tell them they don’t need to sell Monero for fiat to buy goods/services; I give them Monerica.com and XMRbazaar.com, explain how they work, and so on.
Even if they do need to buy something with fiat, they can always buy a gift card or find a proxy-buyer on XMRbazaar to whom they’ll give XMR and receive payment for the goods they need.
Yes, it’s a more complicated process. But it’s free from government control.
>You need to build trust with each new seller. Much harder than trusting a single entity.
You can use an escrow service that has a good reputation.
>I’m not trying to bash Monero. I’m trying to point out its weakest point so it can be fixed.
I get it. It’s all good.
It’s just that the problem doesn’t really exist. You just need to have the will to resist government control.
Some people prefer to beg the government on their knees for a 0% tax on their crypto and report it to the government, only to have it stolen by criminals. Others report their crypto to the government because they are mentally and politically weak.
And some people buy goods or services with Monero, even if Monero isn't listed among the supported currencies on the merchant's website. :)
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