I don't doubt what you're saying. But as someone who is really not buying into cryptocurrencies, this is exactly what someone who holds a big amount of some obscure cryptocurrency would say.

I've heard good things about monero from a friend. This is not an attack on monero, rather a reflection on the general tone of the message.

Not sure about this, isn't it hard to convert to fiat currency for real-world spending? Since it is often used for illegal activities, Coinbase (and I guess other big exchanges as well) don't trade it.

It's a store of value, rather than a medium for transaction. If you want to move or share it, you pick it up and move or share it mostly...

Unless you are moving more than about 1 million dollars in gold, it's actually quite easy to move it.

Not sure why this is getting downvoted.

One of the only surviving darknet markets only takes Monero as currency.

Make of that information what you will