Out of innumerable years that may be memorable in the fast-moving digital world, there are just a few years whereby such memories were not merely about following the trends but rather about displacing the entire mold. 2015 was one such year-a definitive breakthrough year in the momentum booming for blockchain technology-and many purists would argue that the conception of decentralized ledgers had been somewhat of an interesting novelty, and by this particular year, discussion turned toward fully-fledged programmable trust instead of just transactions. The implications of that went far beyond finance and, instead, opened the door for applications across industries that had remained impervious to the blockchain wave until that point.