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by ttpphd 1099 days ago
"2. I haven't seen a single use case of blockchain in the world yet. This is a valid critic and I do understand."

Hmmm, it doesn't exactly sound like you are "absolutely baffled". You acknowledge that there are astoundingly few good use cases for blockchain.

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Filecoin is probably one of the best examples of a decentralized storage rewarded via crypto. There's also several Defi lending platforms that have helped students paying off debt, although I don't know enough about which networks are the best there.
Isn’t it just a worse implementation of BitTorrent?
No. If people are seeding a file that you care about on bittorent today, there's really no mechanism to ensure that it will be available tomorrow besides seeding it yourself.