Whether privacy is a joke or not on Bitcoin isn't the point. Consider most systems in place 10 years ago all were discovered to have holes in them and have been

Whether privacy is a joke or not on Bitcoin isn't the point. Consider most systems in place 10 years ago all were discovered to have holes in them and have been subsequently patched. The belief that today's software, or tomorrow's software, will also have a non-joke level privacy option that is functional long term is, in my opinion, unobtainable. Bitcoin still manages to be useful in proving identity, however.