187 Things the Blockchain Is Supposed to Fix

When businesses latch onto a buzzword, it quickly becomes the solution to everything. Not long ago, in the era of "big data," companies scrambled to add chief data scientists to their ranks. Before that, vendors of all manner touted their innovative social, local, mobile solutions (or SoLoMo, in industry parlance). Lately, corporations have been talking nonstop--on conference panels, in TED Talks, in pitchdecks--about artificial intelligence. But in this moment, few business trends can compete with the magic of blockchain technology.