It created a speculative asset that some people are passionate about. However, if you saw the homepage of HN during blockchain peak hype, being a speculative a

It created a speculative asset that some people are passionate about. However, if you saw the homepage of HN during blockchain peak hype, being a speculative asset / digital currency was seen almost as a side effect of the underlying technology, but it turns out that’s pretty much all it turned out to be useful for.