Here’s some examples of things that blockchains can/do help with: - Currencies that cannot be manipulated/controlled by a government / external forces (plenty

Here’s some examples of things that blockchains can/do help with: - Currencies that cannot be manipulated/controlled by a government / external forces (plenty of examples why that’s a real problem in history, including runaway inflationary policies, payments restricted from certain individuals eg sex workers) - Cheap accounting (see digital autonomous companies), you can run a company with lower costs by programmatically handling all transactions. eg running a justgiving type site should be cheaper on a blockchain, in theory - Fully traceable payments (i.e. knowing who paid who how much throughout history, makes paying taxes, illegal transactions easier) - A single place where a piece of data can be guaranteed to be accurate (eg you can publish data on a blockchain and prove it was published then at a later date, and there’s no way to manipulate this) There’s more, I’m sure... Whether these justify the hype or are big enough problems are different questions