Plenty of real world uses. Cash on the internet needs to exist. Centralized financial control is not a good thing 100% of the time. It does indeed suck it's

Plenty of real world uses. Cash on the internet needs to exist. Centralized financial control is not a good thing 100% of the time. It does indeed suck it's turned into such an insane hype machine and get rich quick scheme - but it solved a real world problem that is going to become more and more acute. The war on cash is real, and having a digital cash to fight back with is necessary if you value freedom or privacy on any level. Ask wikileaks how well relying on banking access went for them. And like it or not, plenty of grey and black markets exist.