There seems to be 2 types of discussion about Bitcoin I've read so far: A) 95% of the discussions and focus on the strict monetary value of the Bitcoin as an i

There seems to be 2 types of discussion about Bitcoin I've read so far: A) 95% of the discussions and focus on the strict monetary value of the Bitcoin as an investment and financial gains. B) 5% are related to ideological concepts of a decentralized monetary system and how that's a very good thing. I fail to see the real value for humanity in general for this, not to mention the environmental impacts of the energy consumption of the bitcoin mining operations. I am open to reading other points of view.