Quote Originally Posted by Pepe View Post
The whole block-chain technology thing seems like it could be useful for, erm, something, but since Bitcoin is merely being used for speculation right now, it will most definitely end in tears.
I've seen it used in settlement of derivatives. Check these out https://setl.io

You remove the +3 settlement days, make it really cheap and lose the need for a reconciliation team as it's all captured on the ledger.