this is besides the point. the fact that monero has proved this is an example of gresham's law in the free market and the bad money being bitcoin is being pushed out by good money, which is monero. it's observable. also, the fact that you state that bitcoin was never meant for black markets is completely disingenuous, because it was created by satoshi to be non-state controlled money which provides economic freedom, and that freedom includes goods and services which the state tries to ban. to pretend bitcoin was created to comply with paying taxes and only use for state sanctioned and supported purchases under total surveillance is craig wright level retardation.

I'm fully aware of silkroad's influence on the early economy of Bitcoin. What I don't agree with is that the two are mutually exclusive. You don't need bitcoin for silkroad (monero proves this) and you don't need silkroad for bitcoin.

sounds like you need to listen to old bitcoin uncensored episodes and understand how bitcoin became valuable and why it was valued by whom