What is the value of privacy? That’s a bit subjective, but when measuring the value of market capitalization of Monero (XMR) since inception, it’s valued quite highly. Privacy coins operate a unique niche, because it plays on the psychology of paranoia. I’m paranoid that some hacker will jack my wallet address, or will know how much money I have, or my competitor can figure out the total value of my asset by tracking my behavior, so…. naturally people gravitate to privacy coins, for one reason or another. Monero is a prime example of a coin that plays on the suspicion of government, other bad actors, and so forth. It’s not that these suspicions are unfounded, as there’s plenty of news suggesting that governments want even more access to our personal data than what’s necessary, hence the anti-thesis to government supervision is the existence of a mitigating force, i.e. heightened security, onion routers, untraceable currency. The more governments censor, or attempt to track financial/personal information, whether through legitimate or illegal means, the market responds by pricing the external cost of this in the format of assets that can withstand the invasive nature of government. A prime example, the total market value of Monero is the total market value of anonymous fungible currency with the inclusion of a couple others. The more government behaves in ways that causes systemic paranoia, the more people will value fungible non-traceable currency, or will start funding ways to develop even more fungible none-traceable assets, or technologies that mask the origin IP address, or technologies to further encrypt data in private data vaults. In other words, the need for privacy or how much society values privacy can be measured by the market value of services and currencies that address this need. The desire for privacy will never go away… just like the desire for further invasion into the private lives of average citizenry by governing bureaucrats will never really go away. These two opposing forces drive the value of paranoia through the roof. Those who are paranoid of government, versus members of government who are paranoid of the citizenry. Hence, the value of privacy coins tends to increase, as they occupy this sort of niche that exports the cost of paranoia into a format we find relatable… a digital asset. If you want to learn more via video courses with my help, and the help of crypto millionaires, bitcoin foundation founders, and various other crypto pioneers who are at the forefront of news, information, and methodologies you’ve got to join the Bitcoin Crypto Mastermind program. We also provide live events, one-on-one consulting, and private communities where knowledgeable experts, and experienced traders interact with each other, share ideas, and keep a level of inclusion that can be found nowhere else. The program will remain open for a select period, so enroll as soon as possible.