"Currency is not just a means of payment." - yes it is.
"It is a political institution...". - no it isn't.
"Currency is not just a means of payment." - yes it is.
"It is a political institution...". - no it isn't.
Fiat Currency is a political tool. CAPITAL is not.
Bitcoin is a digital representation of financial capital. It can be used as a store of value, medium of exchange (currency) and unit of account. It's real money, more real than anything else humanity has ever invented or used.