If BTC wasn't an option..

Monero XMR all the way, best on protecting the privacy of it's users and It's use is spreading fast,in my opinion the community makes the coin and the XMR's community looks to me as strong as the one of BTC in the early days... I think it might be the new benchmark for anonymous cryptocurrencies and after the adoption of the coin by Alphabay (RIP) It seems unstoppable with new markets opening using it as standard payment option.