Blockchain: Back To The Drawing Board?

From being one of the technologies considered key for the future and the apparently natural and definitive solution for all transactional systems, blockchain is entering a new phase, the trough of disillusionment, and from which it may never emerge. Some companies that were considering launching developments based on this technology are rethinking them, while the disproportionate initial interest is cooling, and growing numbers of people are now aware that blockchain technology probably needs to be taken back to the drawing board.