&gt;1. The few companies that accepted it are gradually stoping to support it (Microsoft for instance).<p>Microsoft still accepts it. 
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cnbc.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;03&#x2F;14&#x2F;microsoft-stops-accepting-bitcoin-on-windows-10.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cnbc.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;03&#x2F;14&#x2F;microsoft-stops-accepting-bit...</a><p>Bitcoin&#x27;s utility is still valuable for empowering those people stuck with a currency they don&#x27;t want to hold like Argentina.  
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.economist.com&#x2F;blogs&#x2F;schumpeter&#x2F;2014&#x2F;06&#x2F;bitcoin-argentina" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.economist.com&#x2F;blogs&#x2F;schumpeter&#x2F;2014&#x2F;06&#x2F;bitcoin-ar...</a><p>Edit: Forgot to point out the lack of utility for us in the developed world is very true.