Excellent find. I see a few comments mentioning stasher there as well.
This trend of increasing monero usage, or of diehard-bitcoiners dabbling in Monero has been accelerating in the past 5 years. I can see it. a gradual acceptance turns to legitimate interest, to full adoption of Monero.
This, coming from a former diehard-bitcoiner myself up until 2019. It was rare to admit liking monero back then, it was taboo, you'd get laughed at. Much the same way you'd get laughed at and not taken seriously if you mentioned bitcoin to a normie in the early 2010's. That view gradually evolved until it got to the point that you couldn't be taken seriously if you WEREN'T talking about bitcoin. And now Monero is taking the same trajectory.
When I got into the Monero the community felt miniscule compared to the activity we observe today.
You know I’m not in the space for that long, but I suspect everyone has been secretly in love with Monero from the beginning :) I was told a funny story by someone who’s been in this world much longer (I posted it and my analogy on The Meritocrat Substack):
Several Bitcoiners from Nostr tried paying with Lightning, but it kept bouncing, so they swapped for XMR! And get this: if you ask the top arbitrators and ‘legendary’ bitcointalk.org users (Bitcoin arbitrators from the link https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=276897.0) what currency they prefer to be paid in, they say XMR. You can argue all you want on X, Reddit, StackerNews, or BitcoinTalk, but in the real world, people just want what really works: Monero. And the loudest critics? They secretly want it too. It’s like an unhappy marriage: you’re dreaming of Monero-chan, but you’re stuck with Bitcoin-wife, forcing a smile and telling everyone how happy you are. A textbook case of life of quiet desperation!
Excellent find. I see a few comments mentioning stasher there as well.
This trend of increasing monero usage, or of diehard-bitcoiners dabbling in Monero has been accelerating in the past 5 years. I can see it. a gradual acceptance turns to legitimate interest, to full adoption of Monero.
This, coming from a former diehard-bitcoiner myself up until 2019. It was rare to admit liking monero back then, it was taboo, you'd get laughed at. Much the same way you'd get laughed at and not taken seriously if you mentioned bitcoin to a normie in the early 2010's. That view gradually evolved until it got to the point that you couldn't be taken seriously if you WEREN'T talking about bitcoin. And now Monero is taking the same trajectory.
When I got into the Monero the community felt miniscule compared to the activity we observe today.
Bitcoin was indeed the Trojan horse.
You know I’m not in the space for that long, but I suspect everyone has been secretly in love with Monero from the beginning :) I was told a funny story by someone who’s been in this world much longer (I posted it and my analogy on The Meritocrat Substack):
For those types, it's Bitcoin in the streets and Monero in the sheets.
https://stasher.news/uploads/215