Ok, so my girlfriend has recently asked me why I have been online for a while, and told her about the forum and why I invest my time and money into bitcoin/cryptos and it's forum. She had a list of questions for me which I couldn't seem to give her the best answer to and found myself stumbling to come up with a short and direct answer. She has asked the questions below and I would like to get an answer for each so I could tell her in a very easy way for me and her to understand. I reworded her questions into away in which it would make the most sense.
1) How do people think that bitcoin is actually anonymous? You would have to buy them with your debit card/credit card in which banks have your information... why would you think that this stuff is actually anonymous and could be used in such a way?
2) How many people develop bitcoin? If it's a decentralized currency then if these people control how the currency works, how would that make it decentralized?
3) If it is a currency that can be used in a sort of anonymous way, then how can governments regulate it in a way to make sure that people aren't funding bad organizations like ISIS and drug lords? "Harpua" has told me about what silk road was and the way the darknet markets work, but how can this be prevented?
4) My dad works in a government facility where he deals with high clearance documents in a high security facility. His organization has just been recently hacked by the Chinese government and lost dozens of top secret information including SS#'s, locations of the homes of workers, basically any personal information about the workers of his business and his families (which includes me). How can cryptocurrencies ever be a secure enough form of transactions where governments and top notch hackers can't just find a way to hack into the blockchain database?
I found myself trying to sell her on why this form of currency is important and why it should be used. But I couldn't find a reason why it is important without getting to sketchy businesses that need a sort of anonymous payment; like darknet sites. Any simple explanations would be of real help, and she'll probably have more questions for you guys in the long run... we've been drinking and I'm trying to introduce her into the world of crypto which I have just been introduced to myself...
Thanks.