Yeah, that's how expanding the sphere of human knowledge with competitive science grants works.
This sounds like a rather consequential phenomenon that warrants further study to me.

"No applications come to mind"?!?!? Seriously, just crickets up in there?

Holograms! To make high quality holographic displays we need minuscule pixels.
Also more immediately it could help us make higher quality VR displays.

Good. Imagine how insufferable that ketamine addled twitter guy would be if he 'saved the world' from an asteroid. We would never hear the end of it.

Tree fiddy.

Gazing at their *navals* (aka yachts)

Damn it feels good to be a bitcoiner.

If you read the fine print, It sounds a lot more like the stated equality reasons are just a backwards constructed justification to defend the commercial partnership NaNoWriMo has made with corporation[s] that sell AI tools. This was never really about equality, it's about money.

If you have a problem with the perfectly cromulent word "cisgender" then you are the fragile snowflake. It's not an insult, it's not a slur, it simply describes people who are not transgender.

What kinds of places have you been using it with?
Primarily online purchases at places that sell things like VPNs and hosting but also food products, electronics and clothing. Plus I have been pleasantly surprised by local tradespeople and businesses for their willingness to privately accept bitcoin when i've offered it for payment.

Normal supermarkets or online places named after South American rivers?
I didn't claim to exclusively use bitcoin. I still begrudgingly use the local currency at the local supermarket, I just don't hold onto local currency any longer than absolutely necessary.

I don't feel like looking it up but what was the change in price between Jan 2024 and Jan 2023; 1%, 10%?
At a glance, it has more than doubled in value over that time frame.

And what country are you in, a developed one? Europe?
A comfortable and safe first world country with a strong economy.

Why don't you guys have friends or journals?
For the most part, I enjoy a very private existence. My partner and several friends also have bitcoin savings. Most people don't write journals about their bank account or currency of choice i guess.

That's great buddy.
Good luck with the inflation of your thing though.

Define "useful" and "valuable" in terms that don't include speculation, tax evasion and illegal purchases.

All I can say is, I personally use Bitcoin to buy goods or services. I'm doing this without avoiding my countries tax obligations and I'm not breaking any local laws.
I use layer 2 technology(Lightning) where available but I also occasionally use on chain transactions which are still reliable and cost effective for me.

Admittedly, I have invested in understanding this technology but it's relatively accessible to someone with a high school level education. My tolerance for overnight volatility is adequately tempered by the long term outlook. This planet will continue to have multiple monetary standards but I like this one.

But, the people like myself who did it properly and self custodied their Bitcoin have no problem. No tears, just enjoying something that's both useful and valuable.

You are aware that people use this technology, making your claim outlandish and easily refutable right?
I can accept that you don't like the technology. But claiming something that's objectively false is bizarre.
I'm gonna use bitcoin even harder now.

Yep, I'm the moron. The person who uses the technology you claim has no uses. What a rube I have been for this decade of using this technology. I must report the conspiracy is amazingly seamless, whenever I use this pretend money I receive pretend goods or services that are indistinguishable from the real thing. This must go really deep!

No other uses?
Does this mean you believe all the businesses/services/websites that claim to accept bitcoin are involved in a coordinated deception?
Tell me more about your conspiracy theory.