You can buy or swap it directly from someone else who has crypto without a middleman, and there are services that provide this option for free. For instance thi

You can buy or swap it directly from someone else who has crypto without a middleman, and there are services that provide this option for free. For instance this guy bought a car for Bitcoin in Ukraine. ^1 And it saved his life! Depending on the country you may also use it directly for groceries. The technology is kinda like the telephone in 1880's. A lot of peeps were very sceptical towards it and thought of it as merely a toy, not least because it wasn't widespread and thus the use case for it wasn't well known. ^1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gZtDDaWvPk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gZtDDaWvPk