We've seen this kind of technology in search of a problem before in the UK and specifically with cryptocurrency: http://www.open.ac.uk/research/news/blockchain

We've seen this kind of technology in search of a problem before in the UK and specifically with cryptocurrency: http://www.open.ac.uk/research/news/blockchain-startup-called-govcoin http://www.open.ac.uk/research/news/blockchain-startup-calle... This was sold as: our bitcoin/govcoin solution will keep people from being evicted from their homes because banks take 3 days to pay. Which if you spent 15 minutes looking into you would find out it's a total nonsense.