Further, when you send money with your bank, the money disappears from your account...
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... and goes somewhere that no one knows, or can see... (for days)
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... and then arrives at the place you sent it to. (maybe, sometimes, hopefully)

Money transfers have always been hectic and iffy. and in the dark.

With bitcoin, even while it's transactions are being hammered, you always know where your money is. You see your transaction in the mem-pool. You can estimate when it will be added to the block chain.