Why is it so hard to get, use, and understand Bitcoin?

[Peter99]

There are too many complex cryptographic and computational concepts that makes it difficult to understand.   

[Synvc]

That must be because they were competing to achieve the goals they designed

[Ghanda]

Because of the only people who know IT that can play well in the world of cryptocurrency, in a world that is all dugby only intelligent people who can access bitcoin. There are very complicated to access it requires someone who is really smart and has high-tech knowledge. Not just anyone can master it.

[Moonlight]

right it's not easy to understand bitcoin, until this moment I also don't understand how to mining bitcoin.
and getting it is difficult for 1 BTC

[X-ray]

It's quite easy if you understand the basic of computing and programming or atleast have some knowledge in it but if you are really new into this kind of technology you will indeed have some kind of difficulty since the language that being used to explain bitcoin sometimes are too technical however you can just trying to find further explanation that's really simple I think many websites provide that, further more there is also privacy coin that have more indepth and more technical language to explain like veil but actually pretty easy to understand.

[dentolas]

do you understand forex? finances/economy? how more money gets printed? well, maybe you do, but the general public doesn't, and they still use fiat money....
people don't need to understand bitcoin, they just need to know how to use it... overcome the fear induced by a new form of money and accompaining FUD