[john_moscow]

Sure, there's plenty of work being done, except it's fueled by the founders' need to show investors that their money is being put to a good use, and hence not pull out. I've yet to see an actual business problem solved with a blockchain (other than helping optimists part with their money).

[toomuchtodo]

Relevant NIST flowchart ("Do you need a blockchain?"): https://imgur.com/a/RlUj9Ed

[nikanj]

For a while, the flowchart was basically ”Do you need funding?”. A lot of pitches were basically ”X, but on the blockchain”. Seemed to be a decent strategy, too.

[ethbro]

I'd highly recommend the NIST blockchain overview paper it came from as well. https://www.nist.gov/publications/blockchain-technology-over...

NOTE: Paper currently unavailable due to government shutdown.