I am definitely guilty of focusing in on one of the original applications when I bought Bitcoin over 4 years ago, that of a currency not able to be manipulated by the central banks. Your point about

At the end of all this, once true markets develop that offer products with utility, I don't see how we have more than 3 - 4 functioning cryptos with appreciable use. We have 3 - 4 main credit card companies

This is what I replied in your previous post, that people are conflating the cryptos with the value of the companies using the technologies. If the company wanted to, they could start a new Blockchain

Hey CI, love your posts and videos. Maybe you can answer a question for me. Other than as a currency and as speculation , what are we buying when we buy a crypto currency? I hear a lot of statements like