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"How do you bring disruptive innovation in Silicon Valley, where disruption is the norm?" So now that I can securely pay you without having to rely on the multitude of intermediaries that characterized the banking and financial services industry until now, do you think that is disruptive? The fact that I could virtualize my household’s energy net production and trade that over an open market, is that disruptive? Can you think of other applications of the technology in an industry you’re familiar with? What I find to be truly disruptive is the simple fact that this technology has sparked the imagination of thousands of brilliant minds, leading to further innovation through the creative process of combining blockchain with other technologies and ideas. I think this is a big wave and would advise to at least keep an eye on it, if you really do not want to surf it. Figure 1 – The Gartner Hype Cycle, 2016 Blockchain and Innovation