2 What’s the Point?
What’s the point of bitcoin? Well, for many of the reasons listed above. It’s an elegant and simple way to make peer-to-peer transfers (particularly for international transactions), it’s decentralized, and it’s outside of state control — which is more important to some people than others.
Again, many people invest in bitcoin because of its steadily growing value (there’s a cap on how many bitcoins can be mined). Others probably just want in on whatever the next trend is, and there’s nothing wrong with that. As long as you’re careful and exercise caution, you can get into bitcoin for whatever reason you so choose.