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> The first ARPAnet was immediately useful to almost everyone who had access to it.

As an Ethereum user, I find Ethereum useful. Maybe my experience is not unlike that of the initial ARPAnet users?

While between jobs, I have paid my rent with a blockchain-based loan. I found Ethereum to be a much better creditor than a bank.

I've quickly and inexpensively sent money to friends in other countries.

> yet [cryptocurrency] still only has its original niches [after a decade]

On this point, you are misinformed. There are many niches, services, and new kinds of financial primitives that have emerged on Ethereum over the past few years.




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