My roommate gave me a book to read about blockchain yesterday, and that was my thought exactly. A lot of 'advocates' like to tout the decentralized consensus as

My roommate gave me a book to read about blockchain yesterday, and that was my thought exactly. A lot of 'advocates' like to tout the decentralized consensus as useful for all kinds of application, but imo they constantly overlook the -financial- incentive that supports the bitcoin network (you could attack the network with a bunch of hashpower...but it would be more profitable for you to mine).