I'm not going back to trading rocks for stuff.
Also, the foot guns that you're mentioning are entirely avoidable, even in the most retard-proof way. Seed QRs or having seed cards are a way that even retards can hold their money securely.
And I don't know if you've ever studied history here, but taking on the government head on is actually never the way things work out for the revolutionaries. They always start with subterfuge and backroom meetings so they don't immediately get stamped out.
Bitcoin's capture is simply because the revolutionaries forgot their purpose.
I always gave Monero shit because some of the economic policies are kind of retarded. But because of the cypherpunk ethos being first and foremost, they never forget what their purpose is.
That, it turns out, is the much more valuable aspect of a good cryptocurrency.
