There is no chicken-egg problem. There is no chicken. There is no reason for anyone to use bitcoin except for a tiny niche. The comparison to Linux Desktop is

There is no chicken-egg problem. There is no chicken. There is no reason for anyone to use bitcoin except for a tiny niche. The comparison to Linux Desktop is correct but for the wrong reasons. Like with bitcoin, nobody has any reason to switch to a Linux Desktop since the existing solutions already do everything people want. If you're non-technical and are already comfortable with Windows or Mac, you gain nothing by switching to a linux desktop.