[nikivi]

What I don't get though is how people are satisfied paying so much in fees for sending coins. I get that bitcoin isn't really used as a currency but as digital gold. But still, so much money simply wasted.

At least considering an exchange like coinbase. Perhaps there is a way to send/buy/sell bitcoin at nearly no cost that I am not aware of.

[aww_dang]

Digital gold is the part I feel least confident in. Gold is inherently useful. BTC maximalists retreated from transaction utility to SoV arguments.