Bitcoin is the ultimate answer to the coincidence of wants (of which money arose from).
"You have some pigs and I have some chickens, but I don't want pigs right now"
On top of that, it is the first global currency, that is internet native. It's an upgrade like going from papyrus/parchment to the printing press. The first printing presses were smuggled throughout Europe. But hey, stick with your evil fiat holy roman empire that steals from you. Don't ever question why inflation exists.
Don't want to give out your credit card to an untrustworthy or unknown website, but you still want to buy their ebook? Use Bitcoin. With credit cards, the private keys are used in every transaction.
> Don't want to give out your credit card to an untrustworthy or unknown website
Or you know... switch to a bank that allows you to get an unique card number for any transaction with a click of a button. Or use SEPA, or many other similar alternatives which (and I'm not overstating this) are 100-1000 times more efficient that Bitcoin.
"You have some pigs and I have some chickens, but I don't want pigs right now"
On top of that, it is the first global currency, that is internet native. It's an upgrade like going from papyrus/parchment to the printing press. The first printing presses were smuggled throughout Europe. But hey, stick with your evil fiat holy roman empire that steals from you. Don't ever question why inflation exists.
Don't want to give out your credit card to an untrustworthy or unknown website, but you still want to buy their ebook? Use Bitcoin. With credit cards, the private keys are used in every transaction.