RE: A bit late to the party - Trying to understand blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.

How can we make bitcoin more accessible and cryptocurrency in general for people like me, who have spent 5 hours reading on it, and still don't understand

I know what you mean. Bitcoin is not user friendly. But before it becomes user friendly, we must perfect the security, the network, and the acceptance of it on a small scale.

Right now, Bitcoin is still very small scale.

It's improving. People are already working on new things that will make it much easier. However, right now there are still legal challenges, bank challenges, and more problems that have to get out of the way first.