Paying for VPN and other internet services using BTC is a use case
Buying drugs using BTC is a use case
Sending zaps over Nostr is a use case
People merely holding is a use case
Going to places that accept BTC and using it is a use case
I was forced to hear a shitcoiner whose coin isn't even in top 50 say that the "first real use case" for BTC is "at international level" because Russia is using it. No, YOUR shitcoin has no real use case. BTC has and too many.
Another use case:
I traveled, and I wanted money. I didn't have a bank account. They sent me Bitcoin, and I exchanged it for local currency, and my problem was solved.
Another:
I don't have a bank account (sleazebags) I wanted to buy a domain, I used btc to get it.
A third:
Let's say I had a bank account, but I couldn't use it to give it to a friend to buy me stuff from his area (some weird laws or tos or something), so I just sent him btc and he got me what I wanted it.
A very important fourth use case:
When I traveled a lot, I didn't need to hold cash, keep it secure somewhere, or transfer money from one bank to another (assuming I could) and lose a lot of money doing that. I just always had access to it and didn't worry about it while traveling.
What's happening around the world fifth use-case:
inflation and hyperinflation.
An even more important sixth use case:
War and fleeing from war
