Great stuff:
„For decades computer scientists had been trying to replicate that simple cash transaction digitally, but nobody could find a way of doing it – not without involving a middle man of some kind to process the transaction. By the early 00s, they had all but given up. A digital cash system was thought impossible. The breakthrough of bitcoin was that it solved that problem.“
and….
„Financial assets such as stocks and shares can be traded over a blockchain. The Nasdaq is already developing systems here. Land ownership can be registered on a blockchain. (Did you know 50% of UK land is still unregistered? 50%!) The Isle of Man is already recording its land registry on a blockchain, as is Honduras. The ownership of vehicles, tickets, anything can be recorded and traded using this tech.“