That's a false dichotomy: There are a lot of non-blockchain non-scam startups that have shipped products that none-to-few customers ever bought. But to your qu

That's a false dichotomy: There are a lot of non-blockchain non-scam startups that have shipped products that none-to-few customers ever bought. But to your question: Yes, I was the first employee at Origin Protocol back in 2017 and it definitely wasn't a scam. https://www.originprotocol.com https://www.originprotocol.com We really did build a protocol (Smart contract + IPFS) for sharing economy transactions in the style of Airbnb, eBay, etc. Here's a video of me walking through the code: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0oyEDlEQuM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0oyEDlEQuM We had a few earlier users, including rental company in Europe, but it never caught on. What we didn't realize was that the friction was just too much to make a market: People weren't willing to jump through all the hoops required for a crypto transaction (not to mention the conceptual learning) just to save 10-20%. I left in 2019 and they've since pivoted to other product directions, but none that I would call scams.