If the hype is merely about Bitcoin itself as an alternative currency, then simply forget it. That&#x27;s just some aftershocks of people joining the party lately.<p>However, if you are talking about Blockchain technology and applications beyond currency and gambling, there may be something onto it. For example, check out Ethereum:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ethereum.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ethereum.org&#x2F;</a><p>This allows you to enforce and reward contracts in a very flexible and completely decentral fashion. Also, &quot;agreeing on one truth&#x2F;history&quot; has been replaced from &quot;power of work&quot; (arms race to burn energy resources) to a more subtle decentral reputation system. This is more about finding consensus among the network participants as intelligent individuals, rather than who&#x27;s able to invest more energy&#x2F;hardware resources more quickly.<p>Creative stuff like Ethereum has not just the potential to replace payments, but enables companies that are totally differently structured than what we find today. If that&#x27;s for better or worse, I&#x27;m not sure.<p>But if there&#x27;s any justified hype about Bitcoin, it&#x27;s about emerging projects like that - not about Bitcoin itself.