To quote one of this year's winners of the nobel prize: "the times they are a-changin'": not a single day goes by without a statement about Blockchain. Just to be clear: there is little doubt that this technology has the potential for fundamental change.

Before we dive in, let's try a quick introduction:

A Blockchain is a distributed database or ledger. There is differentiation between private ("permissioned") and open ("unpermissioned") Blockchains.

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