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by coryfklein 3147 days ago
It does not have "zero real value" - it definitely competes well against established money transfer services like Western Union. You can send $1000 to your mom in Japan for a $5. That is a good enough value for money transfers that Bitcoin won't ever go completely to $0 value while Western Union can charge $20 for the same service.

And that is at current bitcoin price. Since the fee is paid in bitcoin, if the price drops down to $100/bitcoin then you can send $1000 for pennies.