> I am among those who are quite skeptical of these many blockchain projects.

There's always dilution when an idea has been around long enough and I'm concerned about the copycats trying to use blockchain for other things.

If Raft is democracy, then blockchain is Might Makes Right. The guy with the biggest stick always wins. There is no actual vote. Everybody is an accomplice.

That doesn't sound like progress, that sounds like regression. A really big one.