That's the paradox of Bitcoin. Boosters talk about how you can disintermediate the entire financial system, which admittedly sounds pretty cool. Except if you w

That's the paradox of Bitcoin. Boosters talk about how you can disintermediate the entire financial system, which admittedly sounds pretty cool. Except if you want to live on Bitcoin, you end up working with institutions that look an awful lot like traditional financial corporations. So what's the day-to-day advantage?