Both of ETH and BTC's points these days is speculative gambling by people who care enough about finance to understand that, so people being shocked that finance

Both of ETH and BTC's points these days is speculative gambling by people who care enough about finance to understand that, so people being shocked that finance people are invovled in something that it's possible to gamble on is a bit rich. It certainly isn't useful as "the world computer" or whatever: have you seen gwei lately??