I disagree. Anyone using bitcoin to he anonymous is doing it wrong; all their transactions are public. Bitcoin is a fine replacement for traditional banking, because there is no way to add ridiculous fees and no way to freeze your assets.
Bitcoin has and always will be a way to cut down transaction costs, cutting out the middle man ie cutting out the banks. To do that, everyone has to be able to audit every transaction and verify authenticity of a transaction. In this way bitcoin is anti anonymous, always has and always will be.
Bitcoin is not expensive to use, I'm not sure why you think it is
It is far more private by default than our current central bank and credit card system. Could it be better? Maybe. Does everyone want a fully anonymous system? I'm not sure
I wish people would emphasize this more. Bitcoin isn't anonymous, and with the legal requirements for reporting transactions, much of what happens on there can be corellated to real-world identities. Far as privacy goes, it's probably a step backwards even from bank accounts and credit cards since there's no warrant needed to access it.
As betterunix said, Bitcoin is not anonymous (http://bitcoin.org/en/you-need-to-know). It's like BitTorrent: many peers know your IP address and authorities can trace you with some help of your ISP, though you can use Bitcoin through Tor, but then the problem is how you obtain BTCs and how you spend them... anonymity is not trivial :)
About your question: I'd many bad experiences with banks (probably I'm not alone), and payment processor (ie PayPal) are problematic too. I like Bitcoin because is in my point of view most secure and easiest way to transfer money, and also the technology behind it is brilliant.
Ok, first off, let's take a step back here. We are discussing a solution to this unbanking problem, but you and I have gotten off into the weeds a little about hiding actual criminal activity. Bitcoin is not 100% private, but it did take 10 years and this guy inviting the police into his home where they found his physical bitcoin wallets in order for him to get caught. That only supports the point I'm making that Bitcoin anonymity, though not perfect, is still pretty damn good. Good enough to fix this current unbanking problem.
Bitcoin is not magical and perfect, trade-offs have to be made in any endeavor. I personally think the ones Bitcoin has made are good ones. Maybe you still disagree.
I'm always surprised how people seem to focus on bitcoin's alleged anonymity. It was quite clear from the beginning that bitcoin is not completely anonymous, or rather that it is not more anonymous than internet itself is. Just as you don't have to give your name or a photocopy of your passport to register to a website, you don't have to do that either to use bitcoin. So to a degree it is anonymous, but only when compared to other payments systems like Paypal for instance.
This relative anonymity is not what attracted the vast majority of bitcoin users anyway. It was more the idea of a public, decentralized ledger.
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