> "protecting value". Protecting value as in: other people can't take it from me short of physically torturing me. And that'd be assuming they even know I hold

> "protecting value". Protecting value as in: other people can't take it from me short of physically torturing me. And that'd be assuming they even know I hold any. Also: I can donate it to whomever / whatever cause I want, whenever I want without anyone, any law or any government being able to prevent me from doing that. Also: I could be rich, I could be poor, no one knows, even folks in my close social network. My net worth is my business and mine only. Things only become visible when I actually decide to use some of it in the economy. Bitcoin allows me to do all of the above. Very few other assets do. I consider this very "useful". The price appreciation, as I said, is just "nice to have".