[colesantiago]

Because the answer is that nobody uses Bitcoin for anything legitimate other than speculation, paying off ransomware debts to criminals and just down right scams and fraud.

I am yet to see any viable usecase of this bitcoin mania that is legitimate and doesn’t need tons of energy waste to accomplish its goal.

For almost 15 years of bitcoin it has completely failed and we have no use for it.

So yes, we should never switch to bitcoin for daily purchases (because it fails at that) and we should never switch to an ‘alternative’ like bitcoin if that said alternative is even worse than the current system, which it is.

[evandale]

That isn't true. I have a PornHub subscription that uses bitcoin. There's nothing speculative about it and it's completely legitimate. I've also used to to purchase indie games instead of giving Steam/Google/Apple/Epic a cut. I'm looking for a Spotify alternative and this seems to fit the bill and I'd give OP some bitcoin to check it out.

Just because viable usecases don't exist today isn't proof that they'll never exist and isn't a reason to stop development. If we gave up on hard problems because we didn't solve them in 15 years we wouldn't have the AI we have today.

[JPws_Prntr_Fngr]

"Bitcoin is only used for scams. Since this isn't a scam, Bitcoin can't solve the problem."

[carlosjobim]

The main use of Bitcoin is for purchasing drugs by mail-order on the darknet. There you have the purpose and the value in Bitcoin. The value of that usability is massive.

[anders16]

You should check out nostr :)