> IBM sells blockchain solutions. I bet they've made some money doing so (at worst because they could probably sell digital toilet paper and make a profit off e

> IBM sells blockchain solutions. I bet they've made some money doing so (at worst because they could probably sell digital toilet paper and make a profit off enterprise contracts before they phase it out). Conference gossip is that this is not the case, and they're experiencing internal pressure to show a production system - any production system - and then to show one that makes back some of the money they've ploughed into this. e.g. IBM's systems for Walmart and Maersk are completely centralised, but the back-end database is Hyperledger, so they're being trumpeted as "GOOD NEWS FOR BLOCKCHAIN" - the correct perspective is "with sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine", and boy are IBM strapping Porky to a rocket.