It’s an odd situation, because while businesses in the blockchain sector are already empirically generating billions of dollars in revenue Nothing "odd" about

It’s an odd situation, because while businesses in the blockchain sector are already empirically generating billions of dollars in revenue Nothing "odd" about it. Fraud, scams and other crimes of all kinds "generate billions of dollars in revenue" too. Some of them even make use of blockchain. Revenue isn't proof of utility or value to society and neither is blockchain.