Oh wow, it's already funded xD

Important milestone that needs to be researched for FCMPs. Let's hope they find a proof!

Why should the goverment stop at the point where they can see your incoming balance? They probably gonna outlaw it completely.

If you still believe a monopoly on force (aka goverment) is A: warranted and/or B: needed I can't really help you.

The state is the biggest threat to our liberty and well being. Monero is here to help us get rid of it (or to just get our well deserved freedom back).

They're going to introduce their CBDCs so they're able to see every transaction (in- and outgoing). To automatically deduct taxes and block you from transacting completely if you don't comply.

While I agree that a transaction is mostly the business involving the two parties transacting, they still need to adhere to the network rules. And that's were the miners step in. They don't care which two persons are transactig as long as they pay for it and it's in general a valid transaction (according to the network rules).

As far as I know PoW leads to more decentralization (especially in combination with ASIC resistance) and therefore a more secure network. Energy efficiency comes through advancements in chip manufacturing.

Another full node selfhoster here. I did not notice any problems for me (except some transactions taking some time for confirmations), but I tried to onboard someone earlier and wondered why his freshly installed cake wallet acted weird. You might be onto something about official/public full nodes being overwhelmed or something.

Are you aware of Localmonero? Also with services like Allark, Coincards, ShopInBit, ProxyStore, Monezon and AnonShop I don't really see a big problem of converting your XMR into fiat or products you need :)

I know that localmonero offers an api that gives you a price based on the trades on lm. https://localmonero.co/statistics

I have no idea tho if there's a way planed to check for average price in haveno or serai.

How instant? Monero transactions can be seen in seconds (in the mempool) which is okay for smaller transactions. And 1-2 confirmations take roughly 2-4 minutes which is recommended for bigger transactions. So still pretty fast for real world stuff.

And what is your reasoning for PoS > PoW? I'm very curious!

Lost it all in a boating accident :(

Primarily localmonero.co

Thank you for the info! Great to hear. I'm not so worried about a delay. I'd rather wait a little more, donate some more and get even better tech :)

Commis can't compute that I'm afraid 🤡 Take my upvote brother!