Apart from being a rather risky investment vehicle, the only use case that seems to be unique to Bitcoin is black market transactions.
It's an excellent intermediary currency for purchasing items such as illegal drugs. Or for services such as paying off ransoms, as demonstrated by the CryptoLocker trojan.
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Apart from being a rather risky investment vehicle, the only use case that seems to be unique to Bitcoin is black market transactions.
It's an excellent intermediary currency for purchasing items such as illegal drugs. Or for services such as paying off ransoms, as demonstrated by the CryptoLocker trojan.