IDG Contributor Network: Can blockchain rescue journalism?

Blockchain, the much-hyped distributed ledger that underlies cybercurrencies like bitcoin, has become many things to many people.Many see the technology as a way to streamline banking and supply chain applications by offering a secure record of who did what when and for how much. Each entry to a deal, say when a widget was manufactured, shipped, arrived, how much money it brought in from whom, is logged, timestamped, verified and stored on multiple “blocks” distributed on the Intern