We have a real world use case. Many of us use it every day. The value is in the ability to publish immutable content. What if Hive was wikileaks? - And no one could take it down?
it doesn't have to be leaks or diplomatic cables, but it can be independent journalism that can't change - only have a follow up story published - an actual - y'know - chain of events.
There's a threat there, that lots of people don't really usually want to talk about, the way bitcoin knots is coming about - what about if the chain is abused for bad content?