> it's blazing fast. Ten minutes and someone deep in African desert can wire money to a researcher on one of those scientific outposts. Try to do that with a bank.
Square Cash is faster than that, and the money on your debit card is significantly easier to spend than Bitcoin.
Well, but the problem is: when is the money actually on your bank account? With BTC, as soon as the network mines a block with your transaction. With anything involving multiple banks or even cross-continent transfers, the delay will be >1 day minimum.
In my experience, debit/credit card refunds show up at my bank essentially instantly - my available balance reflects it within a minute the vast majority of the time.
Square Cash is faster than that, and the money on your debit card is significantly easier to spend than Bitcoin.