// I wouldn't know what to do with a Bitcoin in a virtual sack of them landed on my head! //
That is very commendable. Most crypto currency is spent on various nefarious Activities - drugs, prostitution, bribing Government officials (only joking) and Various criminal activity.
Well I dont think you should be joking. I would bet the house on some politician being paid off in them somewhere in the world. Now automated ALM processes are in place in mainstream banking it is getting harder and harder to use them, so bit coin makes sense.