On the recent trend in XMR zaps. Caveat up front: I’m no Monero expert and don’t use it so do your own research. Don’t trust; verify, etc. Privacy tech is under-utilized and I’m all for experimentation so good for the users who are trying it out. Take back privacy where you can get it! That being said these privacy coins like Monero traded auditability for privacy and if someone found an inflation bug and went on a spending spree you might not know for a long time. With recent advancements in AI by the frontier labs who have been training extensively on cybersecurity and math tasks the odds of finding such a bug, should it exist, goes up by the day. Even worse depending on the bug there’s no real recourse if it has existed for years. You’ll just have to accept the new coins even after a patch most likely. If someone did discover such a bug they’re incentivized to slow roll it. Perhaps drum up interest by sending fat zaps for months before making big trades for BTC? Not saying that’s happening now but it’s a strategy to watch for.