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And use it to participate in the economy to obtain little things such as housing and food. Not to mention a computer and an internet connection.



Intrinsic value in this context would mean something's value outside of its exchange value. Both fiat and Bitcoin have arguably very little to no intrinsic value within that definition.


I was talking about its utility, not value. The whole point of a currency is being useful, not in being valuable.




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