Chapter 4: The Top Nine Uses for Blockchain
by Mateja Kendel
Blockchain is often being shoehorned into projects it shouldn't be a part of, so it's hard to find out how viable it is long-term, and whether or not it can actually end up being used for something.
With that in mind, we've compiled this list of top nine uses for blockchain that are not only viable, but also necessary and highly probable.
1. Financial Freedom
The first and most obvious use is decentralization of money. Bitcoin's original purpose was a cheap and easy but trustless way to transfer monetary value to anyone in the world at any time of day. As that vision slowly faded away, others took up the mantle and now there are many cryptocurrencies that do just that. In underdeveloped ...
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