In recent years much has been said about the transformative power of blockchain – the distributed, encrypted ledger technology that powers Bitcoin. One of these is the fact that it isn't always easy to explain to someone what's so revolutionary about blockchain. Perhaps most damningly are the environmental costs of generating the computing power needed to fuel many blockchain applications such as Bitcoin. Some have pointed out that it's possible that blockchain is a technology which arrived ahead of its time. Time will tell whether this means the beginning of the end of blockchain, or merely the end of the hype that fuelled blockchain’s beginning.

Source: Forbes December 10, 2018 05:15 UTC