Harsh assessment of yourself, but I'll consider it fair given the source.
Your opinions are your opinions, just that.
It is not merely my opinion that the authorities can cut you off from the third parties that you mistakenly thought make a normal bank account as capable as Bitcoin in performing transfers.
It is also not my opinion that permission from those authorities are required to make transfers in Bitcoin.
Those are advantages you profess a continued ignorance of, if not their existence, their value. I've tried to show you, with historical examples of account seizure and physical gold theft, where third party trust was required.
If you can't see the difference having been shown it, it is indeed an indictment of your ability to learn. But only yours. Lurkers not as slow on the uptake have the opportunity to learn about a property or aspect of Bitcoin they hadn't considered.
I’d no more buy Bitcoin than I’d buy Orange Juice, Cotton or Pork Belly futures.
That's wise when you clearly don't understand how they differ. Cheers!
“:It is not merely my opinion that the authorities can cut you off from the third parties that you mistakenly thought make a normal bank account”
how, when, where, by whom - examples with evidence.
“Those are advantages you profess a continued ignorance of, if not their existence, their value”
They are examples that are immaterial as they are of no practical significance. They are examples of Bitcoin theory meeting practical reality, making the theoretical possibility of no practicle significance. It is only your opinion that those matters are materially signifcant to 99% of folks 99% of the time, which they are not.
Commodity futures and Bitcoin are, to most knowledgeable investors, pure speculation trades, period. That is how they are similar.
Bye