that's incorrect.
HardenedSteel
Darknet topics are usually talked in Dread forum. Also there's moneromarket.io
We never had 100,000 tx in the mempool.
I don't see reason to publicly make financial transactions. So no, if possible i would like to spend Monero for my grocery shopping.
You don't have to repeat hundred times Monero is used by criminals, and many of us glad for Monero used by criminals.
Before explaining to me "why criminals are bad!!!!": Criminality ≠ morality
end to end encrypted between Facebook and you.
you don't trade off your security, instead you increase it.
for Bitcoin you can increase your privacy with various tools like coinjoin and lightning network with convenience tradeoff
or you just use Monero.
If you have questions feel free to ask in Monero@monero.town
You should check privacy coin Monero.
Matrix and XMPP is pretty much popular in XMR community
And often discord and telegram channels are bridged with other platforms.
They keep ignoring Monero support request over 5 years while its one of most requested feature. https://protonmail.uservoice.com/forums/935538-accounts-payments/suggestions/33188971-accept-monero-for-payment
and bitcoin is not available as a payment method during account sign up, only after creating the account.
because this could've allow an arbitrator to exit scam whole network, now they can only scam the trades that are assigned by the maker or all arbitrators have to agree.