Blockchain technology appeared on the market in 2009 in the form of the first cryptocurrency, bitcoin, and since then has almost completely developed in the form of various kinds of DeFi solutions. Even though decentralized platforms based on a distributed ledger have existed for twelve years, only recently products based on them have begun to appear in other areas, including trade, data storage, logistics, games, medicine, etc. Our article is devoted to such non-financial blockchain-based applications, how they differ from the usual centralized solutions, and the benefits they can bring to users.

In past articles I have mentioned that my wife and I run an estate selling business. We have met many extraordinary people during this venture, but no one more extraordinary than a man named Bill Clark. I first met Bill at one of our sales. He stood out right away;