Remember, it's not the job of consultants to solve your problems. It's their job to sell you consulting. The blockchain concept was incredible for these guys, b

Remember, it's not the job of consultants to solve your problems. It's their job to sell you consulting. The blockchain concept was incredible for these guys, because it was so poorly understood by most people (including the consultants) and so incredibly hyped, that it literally sold itself. One of my businesses is a software consultancy, but we try to be ethical, only taking on projects we believe in. At the height of the hype, we were approached by a shoe company who wanted to sell their shoes (yes, shoes) on a blockchain. We repeatedly told them it was a stupid idea, but they were hell bent on proceeding. In the end we actually had to implement it to convince them that it gave them nothing more than their standard database (in fact it gave them poorer reporting capabilities and performance). I decided to drop them as a client after that - you cannot satisfy clients with stupid or poorly defined requirements.