your post is just general bearishness on general purpose blockchains
we could have built an exchange (centralized or decentralized), but we didn't, we built a decentralized blockchain because we believe that society will value that. maybe right now, at this moment, society values gambling more than an open, decentralized platform where defi and other apps can compose with each other, but that doesn't mean we should pivot to chase a puck that's already moving - we have long-term conviction that what we are building will be highly valued by society in the future. gambling benefits relatively few people in society and while it might burn really hot sometimes, it's also burning through people