If third parties make decisions to take away your funds, then Bitcoin isn't money. I find it amusing that you call avoiding that, "centrally controlled".
money is centrally controlled.. sorry but thats the truth.
bitcoin is not money.. its an asset..
both money and assets equally sit under the umbrella term of currency. so yes money is a currency and so is an asset. but trying to say bitcoin is money is playing right into the FIAT overlords mindset.
bitcoin is not money. pure and simple. nor should it ever be money.
being an asset is no worse than being money, but the benefits and positives are larger.