Too Long; Didn't Read
The <a href="https://blog.digicor.io/blockchain-primer/" target="_blank"><strong>Blockchain</strong></a> is a revolutionary technology which promises to transform in a fundamental way the underlying infrastructure of many industries. Companies whose business models rely on solving complex logistical problems (e.g. broker/dealers) are at most risk of being displaced by this technology. For instance, the role that banks play as a money transmission system can easily be replaced by a single blockchain-based <a href="https://blog.digicor.io/are-all-cryptocurrencies-equal/" target="_blank"><strong>protocol</strong></a><strong> </strong>(e.g. <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/" target="_blank"><strong>Bitcoin</strong></a><strong> </strong>or <a href="https://www.dash.org/" target="_blank"><strong>Dash</strong></a>). Therefore, it is no surprise why giants like <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-16/bofa-tops-ibm-and-payments-firms-with-most-blockchain-patents" target="_blank"><strong>Bank of America</strong></a><strong> </strong>are in a race to file as many patents related to <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/blockchain" target="_blank">blockchain</a> as they can as they face a very real threat of obsolescence.