The Blockchain Might Be the Next Disruptive Technology

It's an interesting idea, and a great technology. There's no doubt that a blockchain will form the basis of many interesting new methods for validating transactions. But whether it's the blockchain, and whether it has anything at all to do with Bitcoin, seems like a very different question.

The article explores uses, but brings it back to the same "Bitcoin is the future!" tone that stops people from considering the ideas at hand, if their politics disagree with the implementation.