Blockchain's potential will continue to spur public and private investment

Large firms such as Accenture, Facebook, Google, IBM and Microsoft are developing patented products and services based on blockchain's digital-ledger open-source technology that can be accessed and adapted by anyone.
Ironically, the whole raison d'etre of blockchain is to circumvent the very type of centralized authority these traditional tech companies represent.
Development efforts in both private and public blockchain are seeking to forge new business models.