I started tracking potential applications of blockchain technology in August, 2016. I now have articles and/or documents on blockchain use in 57 application areas (see table below). This doesn’t count the fact that I have 32 sub-categories in the area of Finance and 18 areas within Healthcare.
| Industry Vertical | Date Indexed: |
| Advertising – Marketing | 4/4/2017 |
| Agriculture and Food | 4/4/2017 |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4/4/2017 |
| Airlines | 4/4/2017 |
| Analytics | 4/4/2017 |
| Art | 4/4/2017 |
| Articles on Multiple Applications | 4/4/2017 |
| Asset Ownership | 4/4/2017 |
| Auctions | 4/4/2017 |
| Audit | 4/4/2017 |
| Autos and Smart Cars | 4/4/2017 |
| Commodoties | 4/4/2017 |
| CRM | 4/4/2017 |
| Crowdfunding | 4/4/2017 |
| Clubs | 4/4/2017 |
| Defense | 4/4/2017 |
| Document Mgt | 4/4/2017 |
| Education | 4/4/2017 |
| 4/4/2017 | |
| Employment-Recruitment | 4/4/2017 |
| Energy | 4/4/2017 |
| Environment | 4/4/2017 |
| FINANCE (32) 4.4.17 | 4/4/2017 |
| Federal Gov Apps | 4/4/2017 |
| Gambling | 4/4/2017 |
| Gaming | 4/4/2017 |
| Gun Control | 4/4/2017 |
| HEALTHCARE (18) 4.4.17 | 4/4/2017 |
| Hotel Reservations | 4/4/2017 |
| Human Resources | 4/4/2017 |
| Immigration | 4/4/2017 |
| Insurance | 4/4/2017 |
| Intellectual Property | 4/4/2017 |
| Internet of Things | 4/4/2017 |
| Journalism | 4/4/2017 |
| Lottery | 4/4/2017 |
| Loyalty | 4/4/2017 |
| Mining | 4/4/2017 |
| Music | 4/4/2017 |
| News and Journalism | 4/4/2017 |
| NotForProfit | 4/4/2017 |
| Person As A Service | 4/4/2017 |
| Public Sector | 4/4/2017 |
| Real Estate | 4/4/2017 |
| Referrals | 4/4/2017 |
| Rentals | 4/4/2017 |
| Retail | 4/4/2017 |
| Shipping and Logistics | 4/4/2017 |
| Social Networks | 4/4/2017 |
| Sports | 4/4/2017 |
| Supply Chain (includes Procurement) | 4/4/2017 |
| Telcos | 4/4/2017 |
| Third World | 4/4/2017 |
| Ticket Sales | 4/4/2017 |
| Tourism / Travel | 4/4/2017 |
| Voting | 4/4/2017 |