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Not all crypto are the same.
Nano has been designed as digital money.
It has no mining, 0 fees (none for transactions, none for opening accounts), finalizes transactions sub-second (typically), has no built-in throughput limits and works across (political) borders.
I'd say these attributes offer some use and value.
Does my grocery store or gas station accept it?
Does your grocery store or gas station accept Qatari riyals?
If that were my local currency, then I'm sure they would
At which point your local grocery store or gas station wouldn't be accepting whatever currency is your current local currency. The point would remain the same - a currency doesn't have to be universally accepted everywhere on the entire planet for it to still be a useful currency.
Just because it's useless to you doesn't mean it's useless in general.