Satoshi also claimed (in an email to Mike Hearn) that Bitcoin can beat VISA with higher transaction volume and lower processing fees. Has Monero achieved this goal as well?
> public ledger cryptocurrencies have most of the characteristics of cash except one thing: Untraceability
The author argues Monero fills a missing case:
> untraceable cryptocurrency while keeping all of cash’s characteristics
> cryptocurrencies have most of the characteristics of cash
I've been very aware of it since many many moons ago.
Even then, I guess I don't know what's obviously bad faith.
The other user's comment doesn't appear bad faith to me.
In fact, I thought it was clever, as it advanced my understanding of matters as they are.
Am I wrong?
Am I doing bad faith?
Are we sure they are?
What if the author had just written "while keeping the cash-like characteristics" instead of "while keeping all of cash’s characteristics"? Does that meaningfully change the author’s point? I don’t think so and I would expect someone reading the article in good faith isn’t going to say, "But you said all!"
No, you’re not wrong.
No, your comment does not seem to be in bad faith.
The comment I initially responded to absolutely was.
Their comment was absolutely not in bad faith.
With grace, I would say not everyone has as considered views as you do. That can make it challenging and frustrating to deal with because you know better.
It's worth showing them, or at least telling them, instead of discussing your opinion of their motivations for saying things, which we can agree is, at best, mind-reading among strangers in a textual format.
As the saying goes, if it quacks/walks/acts like a duck, you can decorate it with all the lies you want; it is a duck.