I don't think privacy was ever a primary intention of bitcoin, actually the opposite. One of it's key features is / was the public blockchain.

What do you think about Monero’s inability to scale to support all commercial transactions. Is the goal to fix this at some point?

> Transparent blockchains, by their very nature, are incompatible with sound money. Fungibility is fragile and cannot survive without privacy. Digital assets that aren’t private by default become tools of control, putting our freedoms at risk. In a world where traceable digital payments are becomi...