i believe it's true, however i distinctly remember that france's ancestor to internet ( called "minitel") first use was prostitution related, yet it also spawned other usages like yellow pages and train reservations.
What's surprising about crypto however, is that this "second wave" of usages should already start to appear by now, and yet we don't see any sign of them.
I do not think people should confuse minitel rose (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel_rose) with prostitution. In one case, the victim is the prostitute, in the other case, it is the client.
Sure, i couldn't find a way to describe minitel rose in english so i went for prostitution. But it's clearly not, you're right.
Re:Where are all the crypto use cases?
by whatisweb3 on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @04:23AM
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The “second wave” of crypto uses are already present for those using these networks. For average mass market appeal, we will not see it until PoS and privacy enabled scalable L2s reach maturity.
Darknet markets. Lots of drugs and lots of illegal materials are bought and sold using crypto, like stolen cards and child porn.
So, “if you are child porn enthusiast, you are maybe using cryptocurrency” might be a valid usecase.
However I don’t know how prevalent crypto is in any of these. I haven’t read any studies on it, and they might be hard to do.
I don’t think any of the big drug cartels actually use cryptocurrency, for example, but I might be wrong.