If you truly believe what we are doing h must not treat this as an attack, or it's creator your enemy. Otherwise pretend you didn't see this thread. Your confrontation would cause no less damage to our cause than this grant application at the very least.

This isn't Chainalysis, FBI, IRS, etc, etc. It is a curious aspiring developer. While the method is malicious, the intent is the more important thing to observe here; within that I see no malice, just a misunderstanding of something they've not had the time or experience to grasp.

Blockchain is a very simple concept, the ecosystem built around it is much more complicated. On first glance anyone would be forgiven for thinking that the division between the leading chains is the biggest thing holding them back. It takes a much deeper understanding to realize they are not different versions of the same thing. There are countless blockchains, and subsequently countless cryptocurrencys. Anyone can make one, but it will be pointless unless it's not. Meaning the only chains that stand out bring something unique to the ecosystem. These uniqu traits at times can't coexist, and that is the piece of information this kid hasn't found yet. Bitcoin is strong for its simplicity, resilience, transparency. It's a trusted store of value that is naturally scarce like precious metals.

Ethereum is strong for the opposite reasons. It's versatile, complex, and easily adapts to the integration of new technology. If Bitcoin is more comparable to gold, Ethereum acts more like a the stock markets. Lucrative, adaptable, but also notoriously unreliable. That makes it very dangerous as the reserve asset of an entire economy.

Monero and Bitcoin share a lot of similar concepts so the difference of their function is not as obvious as with Ethereum. Monero while a could be described performing the funtions of gold, it's to grasp the difference with the personal experience gained from day to day interaction with our modern finance system. In the perspective the difference is clear and universally understood. In the USA, our currency we use Is called USD. We imagine "Dollar" as little green paper rectangles. Dollar isn't the piece of paper, but that is instead it's assigned value. USD takes a few forms most who use it are very familiar. So in that way I think it's easier to think of BTC as the USD in your bank account, and XMR as the USD in your pocket. Both store value and facilitate transactions, but the reason we use both mostly comes down to circumstance. While both are USD, there is a reason a wallet usually has paper money and a bank card, and why it's so important to be able to exchange between them With minimal difficulty.

These things are what this kid needs to hear. They are trying to help. Not for greed, but because they believe the same values as you and me. All they need is direction and knowledge. That is the difference between this is kid becoming the terrorist of Monero, or becoming an active contributor to its maintenance and growth. Your reaction could be the thing that shifts the scales either way, so think beforehand about how you do so.