Monero and its presence on this subreddit

So I'm sure everyone who's visited this place has seen the countless posts and comments made telling us to use Monero over Bitcoin.

Can anyone who's actually relatively tech-literate and has looked into Monero comment on the matter and whether it actually is significantly more secure than Bitcoin, like all these people claim? Because as much as I want to research the currency, every single time I see it mentioned here just puts me off it because it all just looks like massive shilling.

Am I crazy/biased or do others feel this way too? I try to look at the said comments as objectively as I can but no matter how hard I try I can't shake the feeling of them being a blatant shill.

Thoughts?


Comments


[9 Points] lisanderke:

Check out [r/Monero](reddit.com/r/Monero) and read up about it there, but it basically comes down to the fact that Monero is the only fungible cryptocurrency.


[5 Points] LLcoolJimbo:

Yep we're shilling so we can pump the price up to $45 and sell so we can buy when it goes back to $40 thus earning ~$3 a coin after tx fees. It's the greatest scam we've ever played on the world. We even have the lead developer start all his talks with "Don't buy Monero" just to throw everyone off. If you're not willing to research it then what do you expect to gain from this post?


[3 Points] Bitcoinfriend:

Just take a second and think about it... Monero is the only private cryptocurrency.

Once the worlds biggest corporations, and richest individuals realize this, and realize they can use it to secretly store and anonymously send/receive money, it's gonna Skyrocket like you couldn't imagine. This will happen; it's a matter of WHEN not IF.


[2 Points] BloxingAnsen:

I haven't used Monero yet but I tried to read a lot about it to figure out how to use it as best as possible. I tried to explain it here, you should have a look


[2 Points] divinesnake:

I guess I can see it from that point of view. I've been discussing monero occasionally on these forums for quite a while, and I can see how it might seem like anyone who advocates it just has something to gain. I didnt own monero until a few months ago when I just wanted to expand my digital portfolio, & Even now I only have like $50 worth of it. I really could not care less which alternative currency we make standard in this community, but I KNOW we need a new one. Bitcoin is now being used against us, and literally the only reason it is here is because it was number 1. Imagine if this entire thing were built with monero or something else to start with. We would not even have to be having conversations about the security of our currency. If the feds cannot profit off of busting us, they WILL stop coming after us.


[2 Points] fa-yeerrr:

Just give it a chance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgXJr1OOi0Y


[1 Points] None:

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[1 Points] justinherass99:

to answer your question: you're crazy/biased.


[-1 Points] apoefjmqdsfls:

It's monero bag holders trying to use the situation to pump their shitcoin. These arrests would all have happened no matter what crypto would have been used, you can also see in the arrest that they seized monero coins, just like bitcoins.


[-5 Points] throwawayyyyyyyy32yb:

Most of these people are just shills that hold alot of Monero and hope the value will rise with dnm adoption