The author describes himself as a cleantech and blockchain reporter [1].
I wonder if the general public has as negative a connotation of blockchain reporter as I assume most HN readers do.[1]
1: Even if you're bullish on blockchains, I don't think it's a stretch to say that blockchains reporters are not unfamiliar with overhyping news.
Its 2018, we found its expensive and slow to use blockchain, don't store stuff that doesnt need to be trustless.