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While I donโ€™t like bitcoin as an investment, blockchain technology is here to stay. What is blockchain technology? Imagine all the costs, paperwork, and third parties involved to buy a home. Just to refinance a mortgage costs around a percent, to do what? Answer: To make sure there is trust. To make sure thereโ€™s a system of recourse in case trust isnโ€™t enough.

Blockchain technology allows two parties to do business by locking an agreement into a public ledger for all to see. Sound crazy? So did the internet back in the early 90s. So did Airbnb. Let someone stay in another personโ€™s house for the weekend? What!? Turns out once the issue of trust is figured out, thereโ€™s a business there. The same will be true for transactions involving big time money, like real estate or bond investing, for example. Thereโ€™s a lot of fat to be cut in the inefficiencies of markets once the trust thing is figured out. Stay tuned.

Originally posted at Yoursurvivalguy.com.