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People tried that, it failed. It's too volatile.
It's basically a way for people to think they are being sneaky and shit when it's all trackable anyways.
Is it though? Obviously bitcoin, eth, etc. Arent, but xmr and zec would be, no?
Correct. Monero would be untraceable.
To an extent it is but with enough resources and knowhow anything is traceable.
It's not always about direct traceability it's the little bread crumbs that get left by everything. Nothing is absolute and everything we think is secure leaks like a mofo it's just a matter of translating the data.
True, a place like Iran could keep it untraceable, although they would have to take some extra care in order to do so. But for your average person that's not being looked at by a nation state, it is much easier to remain untraceable.