2016: The Year of Blockchain Hubris

2016: The Year of Blockchain Hubris

Inconvenient as it may be for some, blockchain is booming. Despite challenges in other areas, blockchain's use as a value routing protocol is developing at blistering speeds, and I would argue, with amazing results. If you know where to look, you can see labor specializing, banking services being extended and information services being globalized. So, why does everyone seem to be talking about the technology's potential tomorrow? It turns out the real 'disruption' is not as uncontroversial or straightforward as some have promised. For speculators that arrived in 2016 looking to strike it....


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