No, but it demonstrates utility. @hawkeye1’s argument that it will really only be BTC is already struggling.
There's no reason why you can't have alternative networks/companies that do everything that ethereum can do without requiring a native token.
Velocity isn't correlated with value.
There's no reason why you can't have alternative networks/companies that do everything that ethereum can do without requiring a native token.
Might be useful in future but at the moment defi is the literal definition of a pyramid scheme. What do you think happens when the music stops?
PS I've got more value in eth today than all metals but firmly believe that most of its value will be captured by rentseeking equity in the longer term.
I'm quite happy to see ETH near $4000 but I mostly agree. Ethereum is effectively already centralized though Consensus/Joe lubin and plan to be even more so by PoS. Most projects on Ethereum don't need a token to secure them. Ethereum is competing with far more efficient AWS and Azure for its world computer. Ethereum is being cannibalized by tens if not hundreds of more efficient enterprise blockchains that are actually forks without the coin. my guess is Ethereum will be around in 20 years but it will be without a coin and coin's value will have enriched equity hodlers like JP Morgan.
saw this back in April, check coin shoppeeWhere'd you get that coin? Now that's a doge worth buying