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>>49376172
First you need to decide whether you live in the real world or in a fantasy world where utopia is possible. If you live in the real world then you probably understand that technology is something that evolves over time. The technology that we use today will certainly not be the same 100 years from now. Taking this into consideration you can adopt a stance in which then no digital currency is worthwhile today, because all the technology that exists today is certainly inferior to the technology 100 years from now.
But if you are able to think rationally you will be able to see how retarded such a stance is.
Monero today offers what is probably the best possible combination of elements for a secure, decentralized digital currency that gives you extremely strong privacy guarantees.
If it bothers you because it is not "truly anonymous" in the definition that something should be anonymous yesterday, today and forever and ever until the end of time, then you live in fantasy world and any argument and rationalization on my part will be futile.
The best sign you can get is to see what "bad actors" are currently doing in the digital world. If you go into the deep web and check the forums to see what recommendations and currencies are used, you will quickly see what currency is unanimously promoted in these media. These people risk their lives daily by using such technology. You can use that as a seal of approval if you want.
There is also record of law enforcement assuming that they cannot track Monero. The most popular was in a Europol presentation where the officer literally talks about it being possible to track criminals via bitcoin, litecoin, etc but when they migrate to monero is where the investigation dies.
So it really depends on your interpretation, your point of view, what you believe is rational or not, how you believe the future will be developed, etc. If you want to go on with "absolute definitive true anonymity" be my guest.

>>49255024
>i still can't figure out whether publicity is a good or bad thing for Monero
Like any other tool whose aim is to give more freedom and independence to the average citizen, and to remove power from those in control and at the top of society, publicity is a double-edged sword.
At the same time that publicity will make more people find this tool and take advantage of the financial freedom it offers... it will cause governments to try to limit its proliferation and use by whatever method they deem necessary.
Governments already know that Monero exists. And they certainly know that countries like North Korea mine and use Monero. It is already on their radar. They don't talk about it or announce a ban because that would be massive publicity for Monero, and with the current amount of people who hate their governments, such announce would be enough to make thousands of people install and use Monero overnight.
Pic related: if you dislike your government you are the bad actor.

>>49225203
I'm sure some bitcoin maximalists don't want to use monero because they fear falling in love with it.
Monero has its trade-offs, and I can even understand some of the reasoning behind the idea of not holding monero, only using it to transact etc, but to deny that the tool is useful, fast and greatly protects your privacy by default is to deny objective reality, and that's why I don't give any attention to bitcoin maxis.