Most of HN users live in US, where they have legalised weed, are banked and don't have to transfer large sums of money from one country to another — therefore,

Most of HN users live in US, where they have legalised weed, are banked and don't have to transfer large sums of money from one country to another — therefore, don't have any real reasons to use crypto and only see it as a sham. Many other people around the world have no other choice but to use crypto when their local currency is spiralling down with inflation, when banks refuse to work with them, when they immigrate and have to transfer their life savings, or work for remotely with people from other countries, or simply when they want to buy a few grams of marijuana. The fact that you don't see any personally don't have any legitimate uses for a product doesn't mean that there are none.