I don't know about "repulsive", but currently it seems like blockchain burns a lot of electricity (=> CO2 emissions) for very little purpose. For that reason I currently stay away.
Perhaps at some point someone will design a distributed blockchain system that (a) isn't a total power hog and (b) provides some sort of human curation that I can do so that I'm not hosting someone else's NSFL picture collection.
there are plenty low power proof of stake blockchains. they are becoming a lot more popular for scalability and efficiency reasons. currently everyone is on the hunt for the next proof of stake 'ethereum killer' with a lot of speculative investment. ethereum itself is planning a migration to proof of stake.
right now, i'm not personally a huge fan of proof of stake because of the 'nothing at stake' problem, but one will eventually take off.
Perhaps at some point someone will design a distributed blockchain system that (a) isn't a total power hog and (b) provides some sort of human curation that I can do so that I'm not hosting someone else's NSFL picture collection.
Until then I'll just watch from the bleachers.