It's not a flawed question - the question might be better worded, but it basically asks: where are the situations where the cost/benefit of blockchain is positi

It's not a flawed question - the question might be better worded, but it basically asks: where are the situations where the cost/benefit of blockchain is positive versus the centralized version. It's trivially easy for you to find examples of bad behavior, and it's trivially easy to find situations where blockchains have resulted in bad outcomes. The people have voted with their wallets that buying books from Amazon is better than buying books from a bricks and mortar store. Not everyone needs to agree, but the aggregate has spoken. What is the analogy to Amazon?