Correct - no one asked for Google but it provided instant value and utility to anyone walking down the street inside of two years with $2mm.
"WOW I need to send some money". Enter: PayPal, Venmo, Trust Wise, and any number of others.
There are plenty of ways to gamble and speculate without touching blockchain if that's your thing. What's amazing is even a mafia bookie or the shadiest of casinos won't pull a Celsius on you.
Don't trust the government? With blockchain you're expected to completely trust yourself and any number of shady characters in the blockchain space. Clicked the wrong link and your wallet got hacked? Sorry. Forget your seed/passphrase? Sorry. Some defi exchange with a buggy smart contract (as if there are any that don't have bugs)? Sorry. Picked the wrong exchange and the people behind it faked their own death and disappeared with your money? Sorry. The list goes on and on.
Other than the absolute worst and shadiest governments in the world do you trust these factors and actors more? Does anyone else?
"WOW I need to send some money". Enter: PayPal, Venmo, Trust Wise, and any number of others.
There are plenty of ways to gamble and speculate without touching blockchain if that's your thing. What's amazing is even a mafia bookie or the shadiest of casinos won't pull a Celsius on you.
Don't trust the government? With blockchain you're expected to completely trust yourself and any number of shady characters in the blockchain space. Clicked the wrong link and your wallet got hacked? Sorry. Forget your seed/passphrase? Sorry. Some defi exchange with a buggy smart contract (as if there are any that don't have bugs)? Sorry. Picked the wrong exchange and the people behind it faked their own death and disappeared with your money? Sorry. The list goes on and on.
Other than the absolute worst and shadiest governments in the world do you trust these factors and actors more? Does anyone else?