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I've tried using Monero because of it's supposed privacy features, and found that the official desktop gui clients is completely unusable. I'm not just talking usability and design issues -- I'm talking random crashes and freezes, if it manages to launch at all. When I brought these issues to the dev team, I was basically told to fuck off.

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That's really interesting one because I saw another comment saying the same thing, but two because I had personally come to the opposite conclusion. I found the Desktop GUI to be one of the best experiences in all of crypto. I had no problems with crashing or freezing, and a lot of subtle UX/UI quirks many crypto interfaces have that cause anxiety were subtly avoided in the Monero GUI. Curious what others think.

I tried mining, tried buying, and tried various wallets, and I couldn't get any of them to work. And I'm a highly paid software engineer with decades of experience.

FWIW - I’ve used both Cake Wallet and Edge Wallet on iOS and both work very well. Fast, cheap, reliable transactions.

> was basically told to fuck off.

Provide information about your issues and they would be grateful.

> official desktop gui clients is completely unusable

It has improved significantly over time, perhaps this was a long time ago?

who exactly did you tell that to? the project is open source and has no specific corporate sponsorship, and I've never seen anyone tell others to fuck off for reporting a bug. Can you be more specific about who you contacted and how? best way is IRC or github issue.

I had different experience with the GUI client, but you can use CLI or other wallet as Cake Wallet.

When was the last time you tried the desktop GUI? It has improved significantly over the years.

Also you should try out Feather wallet[1], it has a more classic Qt design.

[1] https://featherwallet.org/

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