A search on any given day for commentary on the subject of blockchain will yield a variety of excited headlines from the world’s media. Take for example this batch from the same day: “Blockchain: Wall Street’s Most Game-Changing Technology Advance Since The Internet”, “Why Blockchain is the Saviour of the Finance Industry”. It explores how industry professionals are progressing in road testing the technology, establishing which business problems it can solve and offers advice on how those in the finance industry can take a more pragmatic approach to Block chain.