I had similar thoughts originally. I thought it was great for immutable knowledge and storage, but thought it was kind of odd that a monetary value was organically placed on blocks and satoshis, but Satoshi's words on January 17, 2009 are so true today.

"It might make sense just to get some in case it catches on. If enough people think the same way, that becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. Once it gets bootstrapped, there are so many applications if you could effortlessly pay a few cents to a website as easily as dropping coins in a vending machine."