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What's the difference between blockchain and cryptocurrency, anyway?

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Cryptocurrency is a subset of the overall bigger picture of Blockchain. Currently, the immense euphoria around cryptocurrency often overshadows the immense potential of Blockchain technology.

Back in the mid-90s, when the internet was catching up, many adopters used to associate the internet with a single use case. For example, some people used the internet for online reading, so they thought of the internet as a source of information.

This went on for a while, until some companies started running businesses based on the internet. That was when the world realized that the internet is a fundamental technology and there are multiple use cases built on top of it.

Currently, Blockchain technology is at a similar point. Whenever people think of Blockchain, they think of Bitcoin. But assuming that Bitcoin is a Blockchain would be equivalent to saying that email is the internet or social media is the internet.