> I'm not sure about whether or not that isn't a good thing though.

I am sure because we can quickly analyze this from a computer science perspective. We are trying to use data structures and algorithms that don't fit for the problem they are trying to solve (forums).

You can say that future blockchains can be a better fit but we need to see yet if those future blockchains are something new or just using concepts that we already had but with a new label.

The Internet (and the Internet Protocol) is used for everything, including building cars, brewing beer, making drugs, moving funds, cctv, building security, controlling UAVs and cars, etc.

Very few cared when Telegraph cable was torn and took weeks to repair. Now if the Internet Protocol is unavailable - the whole enterprise is paralyzed [0].

[0] http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/08/01/southwest-pilots-want-...