Blockchain: not the Messiah

John Leonard
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Blockchain is an ingenious technological development, but it's far from being the saviour many are looking for

The word "disrupt" is never far away from any mention of blockchain; "revolutionise" puts in a regular appearance too. And so does the word "save", both as in saving money ("Here's how blockchain w...

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