BitcoinStu on Nostr: do you see how easy that was? Simple arithmetic. Now compare that to the logic ...

do you see how easy that was? Simple arithmetic. Now compare that to the logic required to attempt to verify Monero:

transaction.verify_pedersen_commitments():
transaction.verify_bulletproofs():
transaction.verify_ring_signatures():

have a look in the Monero python cryptography libraries for those functions. So much for simple arithmetic. They are vastly complex, certainly beyond my ability to understand. Maybe you're a better software engineer and cryptographer than me.

So your argument that "Monero can be audited too" is just simply invalid. It's not the same, apples and oranges.