Someone doesn't understand what the monetization of a new asset looks like...

The first use is as a savings vehicle & escape from inflation. Monetary debasement is largest financial problem in the world, robbing the economy of trillions per year. Bitcoin has a provably fixed supply, which makes it an escape from that.

Retail layer software is still not fully mature, but it obviously is used as money on a day to day basis by many people (myself included). There are also situations like the early donations to Wikileaks, and the trucker protests in Canada where all other avenues of donation were blocked & bitcoin was the ONLY money suitable for the job because it couldn't be censored. Many have raised money to help the Appalachian areas damaged by the hurricane. Bitcoin gets used every day on Nostr. There are services that allow people to buy giftcards at a discount which makes it a modern digital coupon clipping tool. Just being able to move significant amounts of money without anyone's permission, outside of banking hours, without having to wait days, & the ability to pay people internationally are such dramatic improvements that having to dsal with a bank at all feels like a massive burden in comparison.

Nonsense like this "bitcoin is useless" article will just be added to the hundreds or thousands of others like it as proof of just how uninformed & resistent many people chose to remain even 15 years into Bitcoin's success. It's probably good though. People who aren't smart enough to even be curious don't deserve it. They should probably trust their govt & get another covid booster on their way to a lunch full of corn syrup & seed oils. While they slowly kill themselves, bitcoin is money for people who want to live 😊