yeah Andreas is the guy who first put it to me that school children will be able to issue their own currency one day with a simple program. AKA Ethereum, he made me realise that so hats off to him. I just wish i could go back to 2016 and not fuck that one up.
Privacy currencies yes the future because they are so much more powerful than bitcoin, bitcoin gets rid of banks but Monero and others get rid of governments because they get rid of the ability to extort you other than by torturing you. But and it its a big but which one, i dont like Moneros privacy tactics its a bit like a bandaid to fix the problem, there is data to analyse. Piratechain is better in that there is no information what so ever but that has draw backs too, you cant look at the chain to see what happened. It all depends on how and if privacy currencies can find good price discovery and liquidity. How that happens is anyones guess but what is for certain is we the people will find a way.
On a side note how long before someone like keiser is kidnapped and threatened with his life or his keys? the world is dangerous and another reason why allowing people to peek into your bank account when you send them payment is no good. Other than for governments.