[taoistextremist]

I don't agree that distributed ledgers are a bad idea, though ones that can be controlled by large amounts of computing power might be. In general, though, something that doesn't rely on central trust to accurately record something seems like a really good idea, to me. I'm more interested in applications in civics such as voting, though. I don't know whether blockchain is the best solution because AFAIK it would be difficult to anonymize individuals, but if a workable solution could be made this could renew public trust in historically corrupt institutions around the world, and steel other ones against becoming corrupt.