You guys are ridiculous, you know that?  Bitcoin isn't a currency anymore - it's almost not even a store of value.  It's mania.  Everything that Bitcoin used to be is no longer.

1. Free to send to anybody and anywhere
false - outrageously expensive now to send Bitcoin to anybody.  It is now cheaper to use banks, western union, and paypal.

2. Send money instantly, whereas banks and other institutions take days
false - I sold something on eBay, received the money in my paypal account, and then transferred it into my checking account *BEFORE* my son received the bitcoin I sent him for his birthday days earlier.

3. It's decentralized
false - A group of programmers decide how the "currency" operates and is distributed, making everybody else use a slow and expensive system simply because they don't want to change.  At least in my country's government, I voted for the sons-of-bitches.  

4. It's anonymous!
false - it's definitely not.  Ask Ross Ulbricht (if you can get him to add you to his prison visitors list)