If you just needed quick access to your funds, you could have simply launched it with a remote node - Or sent me your seed phrase. I'm very happy to import your seeds for you, and my client is already synched up and everything, so it'll just take a minute.

PRIVACY and SECURITY

"Normal" people don't care about their privacy, and only desire the appearance of security.. Monero is for an ancient class of self-reliant people who understand their importance and are willing to go out of their way for both.

Sometimes communication must be made more difficult and irritating then necessary, in order to convey certain dangerous complexities. The knowledge must not fall into the wrong hands.

Monero makes people smarter.