I first heard about Monero whilst sitting on the toilet reading Bloomberg News on my phone. This must have been towards the end of 2016. I can’t find the exact article but here’s two similar ones: Bitcoin Isn’t Anonymous Enough – True confidentiality is crucial to the success of digital cash MONERO, THE DRUG DEALER’S CRYPTOCURRENCY OF CHOICE, IS ON FIRE What I read at the time was similar. The message I heard loud and clear was that there was a Bitcoin alternative that was getting adopted. People were actually using it. Now these people could well have been drug dealers, but who cares. I’ll repeat…people were using it. Now remember my previous post on what I look for in when buying cryptocurrencies and let’s see what of my criteria applies to Monero as at August 2017. Reasons you might buy Monero as a crypto investment Evidence of current adoption …[Read More]