The article mentions as an example, "reducing friction in payments" using Blockchain technology - but I can imagine there are other related trends: containeriza

The article mentions as an example, "reducing friction in payments" using Blockchain technology - but I can imagine there are other related trends: containerization, micro-services architecture, REST.. They also provide "dumb" (but better) networks, so that the "edges" (apps, or frontend?) can be smarter and push innovation. Care to add other examples in this line of thinking?