Monero should be one of your favorites because it maintains fungibility. You can rest assured that every Monero will always be worth the same - this is because there is no way to "trace" a Monero's history as is possible with Bitcoin and most other crypto.

You can mine monero quasi-profitability using the CPU in your computer because the mining algorithm used by Monero is designed to resist ASICs like are used to mine Bitcoin. This is why using CPUs and GPUs are able to mine effectively.