"a cryptocurrency made of code with no country enforcing it, no central bank controlling it, and few places to spend it"
...no centralized authority to dictate how you use your own money
...highest security possible
...the best privacy that you can hope for when making payments
...offers protection for merchant from charge back frauds that is common
...being scarce
and a lot more. these may sound simple in words but if you start thinking deeply about them you can see what the "true value" of such system is.
that BTC is not being used
you expect such statements from people on a forum with lack of education and being lazy to do a quick search. but you'd expect someone who writes an article to at least google where you can spend bitcoin and see how many are spending. i keep reporting bitpay because it is the easiest reference: $110 million per month in 2017!