Been mulling this over recently: 

Are blockchains only a valuable/viable technical solution when credible neutrality matters?

Head of @zksync era, venture partner @latticefund, co-founder chainstory.xyz & writer karthikoncrypto.xyz, FID 681

No. Use cases like helium don’t require credible neutrality of L1

Cofounder, Managing Partner @ Multicoin Capital

Good pt — altho one could argue that any decentralized network that have a token or pay/issue incentives to node operators require credibly neutral infra to ensure token supply and transfers arent manipulated, right?

i guess, but when i think of helium, i don't think of CN, i think of programmable incentives