In emerging markets, real customers are the ones that pay their bills regularly and actively hire/grow their business, and interesting use cases are subjective, I don't expect to win anyone over by explaining them. You can go dig into EVM businesses and make your own conclusions. Or you can search previous comments I've made on HN and see if you agree or not. I'm a crypto skeptic and joined a company in the space because former coworkers founded it, I can't say that it will work but I've been in emerging tech since the 90s and I'm excited about what may come in the blockchain space now that I've been working in it for ~ a year.

What kind of tech gets you excited? Maybe I can find a customer of mine and draw a line back to what you think is interesting/cool, but, don't expect me to take a shot in the dark and make you suddenly a believer :)

I should also add: I've worked at quite a few startups that I was excited about that ended up to be complete failures, so I don't blame you if you know better. Good for you for always being on the profitable and successful side of emerging tech!