Bitcoin itself may have any number of problems - it is though, the first algorithm that allows truly distributed ownership of objects in a network. I think tha

Bitcoin itself may have any number of problems - it is though, the first algorithm that allows truly distributed ownership of objects in a network. I think that changes the game totally. I don't yet know what application of it will go mainstream first. Agreed about NoSQL. Its vision is too narrow (scaling within one organisation, rather than truly distributed, syncing, forkable data)