Read Maurice Herlihy's review article: https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2019/2/234355-blockchains-from-a-distributed-computing-perspective/fulltext https://cacm.a

Read Maurice Herlihy's review article: https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2019/2/234355-blockchains-from-a-distributed-computing-perspective/fulltext https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2019/2/234355-blockchains-fro... You will find that doing a cost-benefit analysis of Blockchains and their use in a variety of applications to be a useful exercise.