What is Blockchain? Is it the next big thing?

Society, economy, IT – Everything is changing day by day. The whole world is in a constant change. Intervals between new buzzwords popping up are getting shorter and shorter. We just had and still have Big Data, Internet of Things, Deep Learning and far more.

But there is this quite new thing called Blockchain everyone is talking about.

As you're reading that here on Steemit, you might be already familiar with Blockchain. For everyone who is not yet familiar or simply wants to read another take on the topic, you're welcome here.

For the awesome company codecentric I'm employed at, I recently published a lightweight introduction into what Blockchain is all about:

Blockchain, the next big thing?

I hope you like it and could learn something. Also I would be happy about feedback, criticism or interesting conversations.