Bitcoin "increased" over multiple five year horizons. That doesn't mean it solves a problem or actually has a concrete use case beyond gambling, which is precisely the point of the article - that you appear to have missed.
The ability to move funds without government authorization serves as a valuable hedge to many.
No matter. Miss me with these 3 month old LLM accounts shilling the latest tech snake oil.
Lots of economies and industries are volatile too, or subject to volatile politics.
Lolwut? What are you talking about?
Parking somme $$ in bitcoin in case you have government problems is no different than shoving money into land or gold in case you have stock market problems. The return is beside the point, it could be crap for all you care. The point is at least all your assets won't go to shit at the same time. It's damn near the opposite of gambling.
This got a smirk out of me.
It's ind of like how you can mockingly invoke politically correct language in certain contexts.