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Bitcoin was supposed to be the financial revolution that freed us from banks and governments. Instead, it’s becoming the most powerful surveillance tool in history. Every transaction is public. Every wallet is trackable. Chain-analysis firms are mapping financial behavior with surgical precision. And regulators love it.

Monero is the last stand. If privacy doesn’t become the default in digital finance, it will soon be criminalized and erased.

The internet made the same mistake: TCP/IP was built for openness, not privacy. Now, decades later, Tor and I2P are playing catch-up against mass surveillance. Monero is trying to fix Bitcoin’s mistakes before history repeats itself.

We are at a crossroads. If Bitcoin remains transparent by design, financial surveillance will become irreversible. If Monero gets crushed, there is no Plan B.

I wrote a deep dive into this issue—how we got here, what happens next, and why this moment is critical. Would love to hear your thoughts.

parent aminoche 1 year ago

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