Lots and lots of attention on Bitcoin right now, that's for sure...but, the problems keep growing. Just saw now that the bitcoin network currently is now using as much electricity as Denmark, and in 18 months, it will use as much as the entire U.S. - so, something has to give at some point...
Perhaps, Leemon Baird's invention, the #hashgraph will prevail. Check out Demetri Kofinas' latest interview with Leemon on #HiddenForces:
https://www.hiddenforcespod.com/distributed-consensus-hashgraph-leemon-baird/