Blockchain technology has the potential to reinvent a huge number of existing global industries, with companies right now trying to shake-up every space, from travel to communication.

But it’s not just limited to mainstream sectors. Blockchain technology is also being used to tackle issues that exist in industries that might be considered fringe but, at the same time (and almost as a result of this categorization), can benefit as much or more from a blockchain shakeup than can more traditional sectors.

One of these industries is the medical and recreational cannabis space — and the company that’s positioned itself to drive the shakeup is Budbo.
Some reading this might already be familiar with Budbo. It’s an application that’s been dubbed the ‘Tinder of cannabis,’ through which users are able to swipe right or left on various cannabis strains and, based on the preference data pulled from their swiping, can locate dispensaries that sell the cannabis strains they prefer.

It’s a neat idea and one that’s already drawn a lot of users to the application (at the latest count, the Budbo application had more than 75,000 active users). However, it’s proving to be far more than just a cannabis choice and location application.

Budbo is trying to use blockchain technology to accelerate the use of cannabis as legitimate medicine, especially in the eyes of the general public, and it is succeeding in doing exactly that.