That's the way currency has been designed. Physical gold and silver, on the other hand can offer the same freedoms as bitcoin with silver being within reach for most people.

Being new to the crypto-currency revolution but having experienced the protection that physical gold and silver have offered and still offer (perhaps even more so now) and unfortunately in most cases we still have to convert both to a currency to spend.

Physical gold/silver have natural appeal even in very remote, isolated places and would probably be accepted as payment quicker than a crypto-currency which will require some form of digital interaction.

Both physical gold/silver and crypto-currencies have their advantages. It will take a while for crypto's to be "fully tested" to see how they stand the test of time.