What denial? It is an excellent way to gamble or launder money. That's not changed, but it's not expanded either.

It's good in some ways - value goes up, independent of governments - but bad in others - too unstable in value for day to day transactions, wages, mortgages and the like.

Gold is basically the same. The only upside to bitcoin is that it works over the internet so it’s much faster to trade

Money that isn't freely exchangeable isn't money at all.