Blockchain: Beyond the Hype

Tim Haynes | August 15, 2017

By Tim Haynes Note: This blockchain article is excerpted from Sabre Labs' 2017 Radar Report; check out the full report for a look at nine tech trends shaping the travel landscape. In the past two years, "blockchain" has become a magic word, able to open doors and investor wallets, panic industry juggernauts, and guarantee headlines. But much of its power comes from mystery and misunderstanding—we all know it's important, but not how to talk about it. And meanwhile, we see headlines touting all the ways blockchain is transforming whole spheres of society: finance, security, transportation, public information and beyond. BLOCKCHAIN ...