Moneros growing daily transactions over time chart directly contradicts your first paragraph and price chart. It might have grown faster if price climbed, but it is still growing in use. No, privacy and anonymity are distinct concepts. One has nothing to do with the other. Anonymity = someone with a ski mask over their face playing cards (you don't know who they are but know what they are doing). Privacy = your friend in their room with the door closed (you know who they are but not what they are doing) Privacy is not possible on Bitcoin. It is a public blockchain. Everything that happens is visible. Nothing is hidden. Not even coinjoins hide anything. They just shuffle ownership. Layers sacrifice aspects of sovereignty. Either custodial, permissioned, or worse privacy than Monero so far.