I've never met anyone who's ever used their stock certificates for anything other than speculation.
However, I have participated in a multisig that controls six figures of funds with a handful of strangers on the internet. I have used my governance tokens to vote on DAO proposals regarding new product lines and features. I have created and sold NFT artwork. I have registered a domain name and set an immutable record on a smart contract linking to a website and an Ethereum wallet. I have used it for logging in to software. I've built software that gates access based on ownership of a particular NFT. I've stored data on Filecoin and archived it on Arweave. I've borrowed money on-chain. I've commissioned artwork and paid in ETH. I've bought gold with Bitcoin. I've helped raise a million dollars for charity with a major celebrity. I've contributed to Gitcoin grants for public goods software funding. Your skepticism just closes your mind and blinds you to what's possible.
However, I have participated in a multisig that controls six figures of funds with a handful of strangers on the internet. I have used my governance tokens to vote on DAO proposals regarding new product lines and features. I have created and sold NFT artwork. I have registered a domain name and set an immutable record on a smart contract linking to a website and an Ethereum wallet. I have used it for logging in to software. I've built software that gates access based on ownership of a particular NFT. I've stored data on Filecoin and archived it on Arweave. I've borrowed money on-chain. I've commissioned artwork and paid in ETH. I've bought gold with Bitcoin. I've helped raise a million dollars for charity with a major celebrity. I've contributed to Gitcoin grants for public goods software funding. Your skepticism just closes your mind and blinds you to what's possible.