Token question and ownership

[AishwaryaDas]

I am new to crypto and was hoping someone could help.

I understand that with stocks you are getting ownership and future cash flow of a public company, bonds your providing a loan and getting paid back with interest and real estate your getting rents and appreciation.

What are you getting with tokens like etherium, algorand, polkadot?  There are no cash flows, ownership stakes, or interest.  There are no earnings reports or how successful the software is.  If there is nothing backing these tokens, I fail to see what value they have?

[CryptoboyRamesh]

I don’t seem to understand your point of view mate, when you get Coins like Ethereum where ever you buy it from either peer to peer or through and exchange once you receive it it’s yours, you own in. And that means if the coin does well in the future by going higher in price then your investment is yielding profits, Crypto-currency investment isn’t complicated. It doesn’t have a fix value so it’s a good source of investment when you make wise choices.

[indianCrypto]

some of us choose to have bitcoin or altcoin as an investment of course the volatility which will provide different expectations of value and profit from stocks but basically looking for profit with a different level of risk, as a beginner you join here of course you have a strong reason, whether driven by blockchain and crypto technology systems or because of price and value because I personally think most of those who join the blockchain and crypto world because of a price and value that gives them hope to get rich  Wink Wink Wink

[indianCrypto]

The tokens mentioned have staking protocol which staking them is like getting dividends. There's that cash flow you wanted to hear.

Staking those tokens however on the exchanges means you don't own those tokens, there had been discussions about this already because you need to be on a platform to stake these tokens.