Crap, i forgot about last week. Time for another Skepticism Sunday!
Stay on topic:
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This thread is only for comments discussing the uncertainties, shortcomings, and concerns some may have about Monero.
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NOT the positive aspects of it.
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Discussion can relate to the technology itself or its economics.
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Talk about community and price is not wanted, but some discussion about it maybe allowed if it relates well.
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Be as respectful and nice as possible. This discussion has potential to be more emotionally charged as it may bring up issues that are extremely upsetting: many people are not only financially but emotionally invested in the ideas and tools around Monero.
How it works:
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Post your concerns about Monero in reply to this thread.
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If you can address these concerns, or add further details to them -- reply to that comment. This will make it easily sort-able.
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Upvote the comments that are the most valid criticisms of it that have few or no real honest solutions/answers to them.
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The comment that mentions the biggest problems of Monero should have the most karma.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool.
Cake wallet takes quite a bit of time to sync sometimes, I worry about that when advocating for normal people to try monero. Nobody wants to try to do a. Transaction and then wait 30m while your wallet syncs.
xmr-node.calewallet.com:18081 syncs instantly for me. But i run my own node
What kind of Monero node does it connect to? Did you try a different one?
For example in my experience with the desktop wallet is that syncing through I2P send to be generally extremely slow, it did not complete in hours after being unused for a few months.