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5 Industries Blockchain technology will disrupt in the near future. 
<h1>Banking & Payments</h1> <li>IBM predicts that about 50% of banks will be using the blockchain by the end of 2017</li><li>Tech like bitcoins allows anyone to send money with low fees. bringing banking to people without access to banks</li><li>Banks are using blockchain to increases transaction speeds</li>
<h1>Cyber Security</h1><li>Data is verified & encrypted </li><li>Data is resistant to unauthorized changes & Hacks</li><li>Blockchain eliminates the need for middlemen</li>
<h1>Supply Chain Managment</h1><li>Transactions are documented in a permanent decentralized record</li><li>Transactions & data monitored securely</li><li>Efficiently monitor costs, time, waste, emissions & labor</li><li>Blockchain can verify authenticity or fair trade status of products</li>
<h1>Forcasting</h1><li>Blockchain will change how we do research, consulting, analysis & Forecasting</li><li>Platforms that create global decentralized prediction markets</li><li>This can be used to place & monitor online bets on anything from sports to stocks to elections in a decentralized way</li>
<h1>Networking & IOT</h1><li>Samsung & IBM want to create a decentralized network of IOT devices using blockchain tech</li><li>Eliminating the need for central location to handle communications for IOT devices</li><li>Devices would be able to communicate directly, update software, manage bugs & monitor energy usage</li>

Thanks for checking this bit of information out! More industries the blockchain will disrupt coming later this week! 

-Spacebird