Yes - there are many many use cases for a blockchain / decentralized ledger.

The financial sector is usually the first to take in a technology because margins are high and there is room for disruption -- plus the market sizes are usually larger...but here are two of the many other use cases (run by female founders!):

Everledger is a South-African/UK company with deep experience in gem certification that uses hi-tech photography to record unique identities of diamonds, search databases for their authenticity, then use the bitcoin blockchain to store a "smart contract" forever...so that no two people can "own" the same diamond. This also will unlock these diamonds for insurance and asset-financing.

Stem is a US team that were Music Producers and Managers and is creating a way to put copywritten information on the bitcoin blockchain to unlock revenue streams

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Tony White <tony.mzungu@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks, Elizabeth. That's a very interesting report - especially the
(rather small) section on non-financial uses of blockchain technology.
My take on this is that the technology would prove useful wherever
transactions need to be securely recorded to the satisfaction of
multiple parties.

The scope of opportunity here is immense. Time to dig out the K&R book... ;)

Cheers,
Tony

On 18/07/2016, Elizabeth Rossiello via kictanet
<kictanet@gw.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Hello All
>
> Here is a great overview of the different parts of the Global Financial
> Sector and how they are investing, experimenting, rejecting or obsessing
> over all things "blockchain."
>
> Good neutral view with pros, cons, costs and hurdles.
>
> Keep warm!
> Elizabeth
>
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