Blockchain consumed a disproportionate share of industry conversations in 2018, which may be one of the reasons it was also named the most overrated word of the year by ad execs surveyed by Advertiser Perceptions for MediaPost’s Research Intelligencer.
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Perhaps "blockchain" took up such a large share of mind across the industry because people in a number of roles explored the potential. Then we found in tages that there are drawbacks outweighing usesfulness, at least so far. It was a complicated discovery process.
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