I guess I should clarify, "cool" would at least be:
1. Something besides strictly processing payments, and
2. something that is not better served by existing technology, and
3. something that is meaningfully decentralized.
I think the ENS is the 'coolest' of that list, and hits all three of these points.
But I think we can agree ENS is not a convincing example that cryptocurrencies aren't a scam. Auctioning off strings (which may be later sold or rented) is similar to DNS. Except, we know some domains which point to fun sites (like wikipedia.org or tvtropes.org).
A 'cool' example would be some 'cool' Etherem .eth domain. (But not wikipedia.eth, which appears to be hoarded by someone hoarding .eth domains, and not tvtropes.eth, which is actively being auctioned off for $1300 by someone else hoarding .eth domains.)
1. Something besides strictly processing payments, and
2. something that is not better served by existing technology, and
3. something that is meaningfully decentralized.
I think the ENS is the 'coolest' of that list, and hits all three of these points.
But I think we can agree ENS is not a convincing example that cryptocurrencies aren't a scam. Auctioning off strings (which may be later sold or rented) is similar to DNS. Except, we know some domains which point to fun sites (like wikipedia.org or tvtropes.org).
A 'cool' example would be some 'cool' Etherem .eth domain. (But not wikipedia.eth, which appears to be hoarded by someone hoarding .eth domains, and not tvtropes.eth, which is actively being auctioned off for $1300 by someone else hoarding .eth domains.)