That’s a fair point—Monero is superior for peer-to-peer payments in terms of latency, fungibility, and privacy. But I’d push back on the idea that Bitcoin is useless outside of L2s.

The post isn’t claiming Bitcoin is better for transactions. It’s saying Bitcoin anchors legitimacy in a world that increasingly demands auditability—whether we like it or not.

Think of Bitcoin as the externally visible proof-of-reserve layer, and Monero as the privacy-preserving execution layer. One gives you credibility. The other gives you cover.

The stack isn’t about outperforming each other. It’s about asymmetry across contexts.