I don't think it's a question of understanding. It's now normie because its in the awareness of the masses. Normies know what Bitcoin is more than ever even if it's just in a vague way and might even have some on an exchange. If you mentioned any other cryptocurrency they likely would have no clue what it was.

That doesn't mean all Bitcoiners are normies though.

Hey @shortwavesurfer2009 think you can help him out?

If you can't find an answer on here I would recommend going to the Monero group on SimpleX and just ask the group in general. I'm sure someone will have an answer for you.

https://smp4.simplex.im/g#YdVKQcI2JIZuTzfFlQfhNg-SnNaxA73sBH1A9YY4vqE

Do you want fiat to XMR? Or crypto to XMR?

Fiat to XMR:
-Retoswap (Haveno)
-XMRBazaar

Crypto to XMR:
-Trocador (Almost any crypto to XMR. Simple to use swap aggregator)
-Bisq (BTC to XMR. Simple enough but you migh have to wait for someone to take your offer if you don't like any of the current rates)
-Retoswap (Crypto to XMR. Same as above)
-Robosats (Lightning to XMR. Same as above)
-EigenWallet (BTC atomic swaps. Simple to use. Fees aren't the cheapest, but also not crazy either)

All are no KYC.

Thorchain and SeraiDEX are also on the horizon for easy to use crypto to XMR swaps just something to keep in mind for the future.

https://retoswap.com/
https://xmrbazaar.com/search/buy-exchange/
https://trocador.app/
https://bisq.network/
https://eigenwallet.org/
https://learn.robosats.org/docs/quick-start/
https://kycnot.me/?categories=exchange&categories=aggregator&currency-mode=or&currencies=xmr

Yea still a lot to be desired, but to be fair they're still new and in uncharted territory. Right now my expectations are tempered because of that.
I'm a fan of what they're trying to do and still excited to see whats down the road though. Sure it will improve over time just have to be patient.

Sorry I just saw this. Sent you a message

I tried it with two new freshly signed up nostr accounts on different devices and it worked without a problem. Not sure why yours isn't. Try restarting and sign up with a fresh account instead of using this one? Just for troubleshooting purposes. I'm curious if it will work

Sure I just sent you a message did you get it?

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Better at what?

Both have confidential txs. Monero adds one time stealth addresses and ring signatures in addition to obscure the transaction graph (Liquid doesn't). Monero wins that hands down and soon to have full chain membership proofs to completely hide it. I don't think Liquid even has plans to improve privacy afaik.
Liquid daily transactions are significantly less so it's anonymity set is much smaller.
Liquid has no p2p market presence. Not really used anywhere.
Both have low fees.
Liquid requires permission from a federation to peg out.

All Liquid really has going is it's value peg to Bitcoin if you held for the long term (several years). But if I'm only holding and not using why not just hold actual Bitcoin? Short to medium term performance of Monero vs Bitcoin has been a toss up.

Here lets test it add me and send me a message

Ungovernable Misfits should have a podcast out by tomorrow with Seth on to give a bit more detail on it