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The original was posted on /r/monero by /u/snangsnang on 2025-08-27 13:12:15+00:00.

Preface: I do not endorse the actions of the organizations, institutions, or systems which I will describe within this post.

If a nation state or intelligence agency wanted to shut down Monero, they would have shut down Monero already - right?.

Pragmatically speaking (further demonstrated by Qubic’s recent efforts to 51% attack the network), a nation state or entity of similar power could very rapidly and effectively kill all trust in Monero. The computing power and/or finances necessary to sustain a 51% attack on the network is entirely insignificant to those aforementioned. That begs the question: why don’t they?

I postulate that these entities see the value in anonymous money. On the surface, they will attack, and lambast, and implement legislature that will hinder Monero’s adoption and suppress its price. But underneath the hood, they understand how valuable the ability to transfer money rapidly and - most importantly - anonymously is.

The CIA, NSA, Mossad, Department of Defense… and countless other organizations with black programs are consistently funding military operations, governments, research institutions, universities, etc. that they do not want to be seen funding, lest the smokescreen of “non-involvement” is lifted and the true scope of their influence revealed.

Of course, this already happens regularly by following the money. Exposés on hidden bank accounts, transfers to shell corporations, financial records, whatever it may be, malicious activity has a tendency to rise to the surface.

Monero - if used properly - eliminates the money trail. Doesn’t that sound like something that would be attractive to highly secretive, powerful, and influential organizations such as the ones that we assume want nothing more than to eliminate Monero?

Anonymous money is extraordinarily valuable not only to individuals but also to the corrupt institutions and broken system it can undermine. It is unbiased. It shows that privacy is fundamentally beneficial.

Money should be anchored in privacy; that’s why there’s no money like Monero.