it has recently come to my attention that Darknet vendors now prefer Monero over Bitcoin - it's more anonymous, and transactions are (currently) faster. I don't

it has recently come to my attention that Darknet vendors now prefer Monero over Bitcoin - it's more anonymous, and transactions are (currently) faster. I don't know if that means anything long-term, but Darknet was the first place that had a lot of Bitcoin adoption. It's currently very difficult to buy Monero with cash, typically you buy Bitcoin and exchange it for Monero on a secondary exchange.