It’s a strange time for blockchain to be having a moment of normality. Most associated with crypto currencies, it has understandably been a challenging time for its other use cases, including the conventional financial ones.

Bitcoin had a price of more than €100,000 as recently as October, yet has lost almost half that value in the months since. Pump-and-dump scams involving other crypto currencies have drawn public ire over the past two years.

There’s even a feature-length documentary, directed by The OC and Gotham actor Ben McKenzie, coming soon about the assorted issues with crypto.

None of the warnings about crypto are particularly new, but all the while there have been advocates for the underlying technology, arguing that…