Here's why. It is late winter right now -- that means it is conference season for the payment networks that you use today. One of the next ones is at http://www.fontainebleau.com That's where some of the money earned from each transaction where you pay with a credit or debit card is going.
So you decide. Do you want your money going to the Executive VP-Payment whatever dickwad headed to Florida or going to the dude trying to make a living running a server farm out of his kitchen.
On the flip side, Bitcoin's transaction network is operated openly -- anyone can become part of the Bitcoin "payment network". Here's an example of where the costs for that are going: http://www.bitcoinminer.com/post/3441032109/bitcoin-mining-o...
So you decide. Do you want your money going to the Executive VP-Payment whatever dickwad headed to Florida or going to the dude trying to make a living running a server farm out of his kitchen.