I just wish Monero were easier to buy. I understand, security and all, but ugh, takes a lot of steps to get it.

I do not believe so hence why Monero.

Monero is the gold standard

How much more private do you need to get? I mostly use Bitcoin Cash with CashFusion and it is enough, no one is going to spend time and money on tracing most transactions, it’s not cheap or easy. I only use Monero when my identity is involved in the transaction.

After the next HF upgrade on BCH we should see ZK level privacy start to develop via smart contracts. Hopefully in the future BCH can be as or more private than Monero and our communities can unite into one unstoppable digital cash force!

Not natively, but there are mixers like tornado cash on ethereum which some consider are more private in concept. Ethereum is more decentralised than Monero if that’s what you mean by security (i.e security separate from privacy)