I think Bitcoin is helpful to the economy because it helps the people, may they be employed or unemployed. It helps the people to be productive especially on their vacant times or when they are not working. Bitcoin is getting a lot if attention in many countriesnow because it really helps the people.
Yes it is helpful, japan today is using cryptocurrency in order to improve their own countries economy and those people who are living in that country is very lucky that they can mine cryptocurrency, in this way they are earning a huge amount of profit daily.