The problem I have is that after reading and thinking about it, I'm mostly in agreement with this article: https://hackernoon.com/ten-years-in-nobody-has-come-up-with-a-use-case-for-blockchain-ee98c180100. I think it's a neat idea and does have some use cases (especially for illicit transactions), but nothing like the hype that is surrounding it.

It seems that everywhere I'm looking, people are talking about how blockchain is going to change the world and people are starting ICO's left and right. The problem is that most of the applications I see don't really seem like they need blockchain and have some built-in speculation component. I feel like it's the current solution to a lack of effective business model.

I also have technical doubts. Example a 51% attack - While this maybe hard with Bitcoin because of the network size and age, I don't know about the other currencies/tokens. I'm also not clear how the coming wave of quantum computers will affect this technology.

But I keep seeing the articles coming - how blockchain is going to change everything - and my doubts are eating at me. How can I be so blind? It seems like everyone sees this truth except me (and the the guy that wrote that article and Warren Buffet).

Can the HN community point me to some articles or explain it to me so I can see the light? Does anyone else here have this problem?