Why does there have to be large scale production use while it&#x27;s in beta? Bitcoin&#x27;s genesis block was mined in 2009, but it took years for it to come out of &quot;beta&quot; and see production adoption.<p>Ethereum adoption actually is already outpacing Bitcoin&#x27;s adoption. Ethereum has only been live since July of this year, and already has seen adoption by numerous corporations (even if it&#x27;s largely development projects at this point).<p>For example Microsoft Azure Blockchain as a Service runs Ethereum. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;azure.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;blog&#x2F;ethereum-blockchain-as-a-service-now-on-azure&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;azure.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;blog&#x2F;ethereum-blockchain-a...</a><p>And here&#x27;s a large test run conducted with 11 Banks across the globe:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ibtimes.co.uk&#x2F;r3-connects-11-banks-distributed-ledger-using-ethereum-microsoft-azure-1539044" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ibtimes.co.uk&#x2F;r3-connects-11-banks-distributed-le...</a>