Bitcoin was already created to solving a the problem it helps in sending money across borders without the use of a third party but I think that Bitcoin is used more as a store of value because currently people has used Bitcoin a means of making money due to the fact that Bitcoin appreciates with time so alot of people has capitalize on this to buy Bitcoin at a lower price and sell when  the price appreciates so Bitcoin is now one of the biggest business  online.

Being a store of value and unit of international trade settlement are excellent use cases for Bitcoin. Very soon users will be able to earn Bitcoin through DeFi, and I am optimistic about developments on Cardano to facilitate this. I understand some people wish for Bitcoin to be used for payments or micropayments, but I think being digital gold in a world of inflating fiat currencies is an important use case.

Here, perhaps I am the person who joined the crypto world too late. Because I see that many users here have joined for a long time and have a lot of experience and insight into Bitcoin. But I read some of the user experiences here and it's quite amazing to see how there has been a pattern of change in the mindset about bitcoin. Starting from the beginning, it seemed to focus on whether Bitcoin could be spent or not and then continued with proof by purchasing pizza. And then many shops are willing to accept payments via bitcoin. Even in my country there used to be bitcoin ATMs, and many hotels and cafes allowed payments with bitcoin but that was in the past because I read the news that the government had banned it. because now bitcoin is only legal as a commodity asset in my country. And I came to this forum when bitcoin was only considered a commodity asset in my country. So what I think about bitcoin is just a way to save more and hope that one day the price can double in the long term.

But it is interesting to see how the way Bitcoin is used has changed from the point of view of the initial and current users or owners. Even though I didn't experience it, I was carried away by the flow of nostalgia. As if I felt it too. And I think there is a little regret among some of the early users who didn't set aside their bitcoins and only spent them to spend or sell them when the price was still a few dollars or a few hundred dollars.

Going to the old talking about how to use BTC is like downgrading the potential of Bitcoin when the community always talks about the things thats currently needed/important in the market, and the last time I checked. During the year 2013, we have few platforms that accept Bitcoin as payment, and if Bitcoiners are excited when we see the acceptance of Bitcoin as payment by other platforms, it is because of the limited platform that accepts Bitcoin as payment.

Meanwhile, things are much different now that we have powerful organizations and institutions that are holding Bitcoin.

To be fair, bitcoin is more secure than altcoins but the price bitcoin pays for decentralization and more security is transaction fees and speed. So Bitcoin cannot compare and compete with altcoins in terms of fees and speed, that is the truth and we need to accept that fact.
The market is in a doldrums, bitcoin transactions can be cheap and fast but in a bull market and when demand increases, things become extremely expensive and slow. What BRC20 or Rune did to the bitcoin network during the last bull run, you probably know better than anyone.

He said bitcoin is no longer attractive to use as a currency, a payment method, but he did not say that bitcoin is not an attractive investment. And i agree with him, bitcoin is no longer attractive to use as a currency, it is more suitable for investment.

Sure agree with that, most people are focusing on bitcoin investment they dosed using it as payment method, because is not everywhere you can do transactions with bitcoin so most people just make it as and investment and be getting profits when the market is moving smoothly. I can says 90% of people that are using bitcoin, is only 5% or 10% are using bitcoin to do payment the rest are all about investment and trading to get returned when the market is good. All the online investors i always know are just investing on bitcoin have not hear that they are doing other things with it.

If am not mistakenly when bitcoin comes i think is all about investing nothing like payment method, all the people that have bitcoin is just for investment for long term and they get huge profit in the next 4 to 6 years,  they get huge profit and make people have more interest on bitcoin and making it more popular and people are investing on it. If you are in a place that they are using bitcoin as a payment method you can do it, but some don't want to show that they have bitcoin, because you don't know who in your place when making the payment is very risky, they will try to harm you if you are in the wrong place so in my opinion is better you invest on bitcoin then making it at payment method if you are trying to buy something just converted it to your country currency that will be better. In my side he can be risky when you told someone you are holding bitcoin.

With DeFi, you would have your keys, though the BTC would be locked in a smart contract. This is not much different from having U.S. dollars in a contract or escrow. Besides, in the case of ETFs, where users actually give custody of their BTC to third parties, their usage has grown exponentially.

I once made a bitcoin transaction at a time when BRC-20 was causing congestion on the bitcoin blockchain, it cost me almost $3 in fees for a transaction worth over $200 at the time and it took almost 3 days for my transaction to complete. Luckily the transaction was not urgent and I didn't feel too bothered but if it was a bill payment, shopping transaction...I would definitely go crazy over it.

Whether we like to admit it or not, bitcoin is no longer suitable and attractive to use as a payment method, that is the truth and we need to accept that .  Bitcoin is doing very well as an asset, an investment ,  or a long term store of value .