[bittcto]

Lightning network has just been released on main net, and while it's still the early days, this is darn new and exciting.

It's actually a solution to the micropayment problem that has dogged the internet for decades, and resulted in the ad based internet content sites (and pathologies) we see today.

In terms of "something of value" there are many levels of this, and one of them is that bitcoin as a currency is something of value, for people in venezuela and other countries with highly debased currencies its a lifeline. It also is revolutionizing the remittances business. Just a few of the use cases.