Organizations from tech companies to central banks are looking at how blockchain technologies could tackle some difficult problems. But what do developers think about distributed ledger systems?
Developer question-and-answer forum Stack Overflow surveyed 693 software developers and found that most of them think it is a critical new technology, but a little over a third also think it’s just hype.
While there’s some skepticism perhaps thanks to wildly fluctuating bitcoin prices, there is growing momentum behind blockchain technology for digital currencies to help consumers make day-to-day local transactions (versus saving deposits) and international transfers easier.
