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The blockchain has been around for a decade now, and today, few would deny that it’s a groundbreaking invention. When it first emerged, it was the underlying technology that powered Bitcoin, but since then it has evolved to become so much more.
From its early beginnings as a fringe technology, the blockchain is now thoroughly investigated (and sometimes implemented) by traditional finance and government agencies. This is because this highly secure distributed decentralized ledger has proven to be a robust solution against fraud.
The process of verifying transactions and identities and generating multiple incorruptible records to store in a decentralized manner (in various locations) has the potential to transform industries. As a result, big banks and corporate giants are now racing to gain a competitive advantage by leveraging this digital database.
At the same time, some in the technology community have started to identify some unconventional uses for the blockchain. In this article, I will explore some of these weird and non-trivial ways of using the blockchain.
1. Blockchain Weddings
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