Hundreds of service worker wages are good for the economy. You could argue that they would be better employed elsewhere and I wouldn't disagree, but bitcoin doesn't even meet that standard.
"there are just under half a million problem gamblers who have their lives damaged by debt, depression, family breakdown and, in the worst cases, suicide." - that's for uk
Drug dealers, brothels and mafia also create job. The economic impact of casinos is clearly negative.
