Define "worse". It's an endless pain in the ass to get money from <person X> to <person y>, because I have to mail a check, use PayPal, give out rather sensitive banking information, pay insane wire transfer costs (and delays), or meet with them in person. Now try automating it.

There are reasons aside from "fiat money sucks". The big ones I encounter seem to be "this is interesting", "this has interest, maybe I can make money in it", and "this can do X".