Bitcoin can be used to pay for things electronically if both parties are willing. In that sense, its like conventional dollars, euros, or yen, which are also traded digitally.
But is it differs from fiat digital currencies in several important ways?
The issue that you are trying to get answers to has been over flogged several times even on the forum and there have been several articles written on it beyond the forum that a simple search on Google would come with more than enough answers to pick from. The crypto hemisphere has grown that discussion has gone beyond differences as that has been fully established now the phase we are entering is adoption. Bitcoin comes with series of advantages which is where the discussion is gearing into for people either in government or in fiat distribution to see the potentials and how it can be incorporated in our daily living.