Monero, a poster privacy coin, celebrated its 5th birthday this week, and CoinDesk's Christine Kim explains the ethos of the project's founders, how the protocol has developer over the past half-decade, and what sets Monero apart from other digital assets. Monero isn't the only privacy-focused blockchain project, but it is the largest, according to OCFX data. In explaining the project's background, Kim also lists the key feature developments and differentiators that Monero offers to privacy-seeking digital asset users and investors. Verification times are Monero's "biggest limitation at the moment," contributor Justin Ehrenhofer told Kim.