IDK how you can believe it is false that BTC is supplanted in darknets. Everywhere that accepts BTC, puts a tax on it so the admins can pay for the CoinJoins to required to clean it. That puts it a second-rate currency in my book. IF they accept BTC at face-value or at a discount, its because freedom isn't actually at stake.

Saying something is HTP thinking when, in fact, its the way things are right now, is cringe.