Let's just wait I'm sure OP will deliver even a single one that isn't crime, regulatory capture or gambling.
> Not having a central authority is interesting and appealing to many.
Lots of counterproductive things are appealing to lots of people. Rolling coal is appealing to lots of people. Not getting vaccines is appealing to lots of people. That doesn't mean the benefits outweigh the costs socially, and it doesn't mean that it should be legal.
> Deflationary by nature makes it an excellent store of value.
And that makes it an awful currency. The fact it's a negative-sum MLM which creates no value whatsoever while creating the illusion of wealth is what makes it an awful asset. There's nothing left.
I’ll bite. Donating to a Ukrainian twitch streamer. PayPal doesn’t allow it, every other option requires entering your credit card details on potentially shady sites.
Caveats: This was a few years ago, not sure what the situation is now; Current BTC tx fees make that rather expensive (which may or may not be alleviated by lightning or a cheaper to send crypto).
What about Xi in China with their real life social credit system built by exactly who? Should that regime be trusted with that much control over that much humanity?
> The fact it can't be debased as easily as fiat currencies is not a tangible thing but it does compel interest in it.
That is not a benefit to a currency, quite the opposite. A deflationary currency would likely lead to a deflationary spiral, savaging the job market [1]
It also leads to a monetary system that cannot adjust to a changing population or to transient issues such as COVID. If BTC were the currency of record in 2020, the economy would likely have been utterly devastated.
[1] https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/deflationary-spiral.asp