What advantages does Monero offer that are not provided by other cryptocurrencies?<p><a href="http://monero.stackexchange.com/questions/2254/what-advantages-does-monero-offer-that-are-not-provided-by-other-cryptocurrencie" rel="nofollow">http://monero.stackexchange.com/questions/2254/what-advantag...</a><p>_______________<p>Wikipedia provides a better over view of the project:<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monero_(cryptocurrency)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monero_(cryptocurrency)</a><p>Current market cap is here:
<a href="http://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/monero/#charts" rel="nofollow">http://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/monero/#charts</a>
____________<p>Past HN mentions:
<a href="https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Monero&sort=byDate&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story" rel="nofollow">https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Monero&sort=byDate&prefix&page...</a><p>Reddit:
<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/</a><p>Stack Exchange:
<a href="http://monero.stackexchange.com/questions" rel="nofollow">http://monero.stackexchange.com/questions</a>
One thing that always strikes me as unethical with cryptocurrencies is how whoever comes up with a cryptocoin seems to allocate themselves a very generous percentage of the currency mined before going public. Bitcoin's founder apparently did this (I think it was by mining the easier blocks first), and unless I simply don't fully grasp how any of this works, they would end up being the richest person on Earth by virtue of holding the most Bitcoin if Bitcoin became as popular as the Dollar, Euro, Pound, Yen, or Yuan.<p>Is Monero any different?