Envisioning Bitcoin’s Technology at the Heart of Global Finance

<rant> It seems to me that only non-technical people refer to 'blockchain' without an article. For example from the article "Rather than to stay at the margins of the finance industry blockchain will become the beating heart of it.” In my experience people with technical background would instead say "Rather than to stay at the margins of the finance industry blockchain technology will become the beating heart of it.” In other words, use 'blockchain' the same way you'd use 'database'.

I confess that when I hear someone use 'blockchain' as in the quote above instead of 'blockchain technology' or 'blockchains', I immediately drop my estimate of any technical expertise they have to near zero. </rant>