[dllthomas]

That's the entire point for (most? all?) the people involved in creating bitcoin. It's the central point for many of the people involved in bitcoin today. But there's a large number of people who just want a cheap and easy means of electronic payment.

[icebraining]

They have that, it's called VISA, Mastercard, etc.

[dllthomas]

Bitcoin promises to be cheaper, and to not require blessing of payer or payee.

[icebraining]

Yes, and one of the reasons BTC is cheaper is because it's a market, and not "a nice central-custodian system like that run by VISA, Mastercard" or any other monopolist.

[dllthomas]

Yes, but from the point of view of the people I am describing that is an implementation detail, not "the entire point."