[mercer]

I'm somewhat skeptical, but also honestly curious: what game-changing applications came out of the blockchain/web3 hype craze?

[JohnMakin]

The area I was briefly interested in was in the fintech/lending space. Not an expert though. I saw some cool ideas out of it at that time and interviewed several rounds with a company in that space.

[tim333]

One for the few interesting ones is Polymarket, the betting platform.

[bigyabai]

Drug and firearm escrow services.

[jjcob]

That and crypto-blackmailing.

I am convinced that the only use case for cryptocurrencies is criminal activities.