What I do not agree with is with the statement that BTC being decentralized and trust-free is only "ideological" stuff with no utility. No sir, not at all. Those characteristics has the potential to solve very real, daily problems for millions of people on the planet.
Potential... that was my point -- that in a discussion about
the present-day utility of bitcoin, unrealized potential does not apply.
Would you agree that we're closer than we were two years ago? A year ago? 6 months ago? 3 months? 1?
Yes.