>>17275025
things such as:
- derivatives trading coming on the blockchain. thats a massive market some estimates put it in the quadrillions of dollars, bigger than the total value of assets on the planet.
-insurance industry using smart contracts for their payouts. the insurance industy is massive, probably in the trillions of dollars, and theres a lot of room for automation and a lot of holes that good quality/reliable smart contracts could plug up and a lot of lawyers and accountants and intermediaries that wouldn't need to be paid any more for those insurance events.
-swift had chainlink make them a proof of concept a few years ago and the swift network moves trilions of dollars a day, thats quadrillions of dollars per year. if swift was watching chainlink in its very early days, before anyone really, don't you think that when the network is more mature and they bring more functionalities and products to market that swift might take another look at how link can be useful? swift was their first friend and may become their biggest and best friend.
- IoT devices such as robots performing services or providing goods for people or for other IoT devices and needing to be paid when certain conditions are met. think of how many IoT devices will be talking to each other in the future.
this is also a really good read, in fact most of the blog posts on chainlinks website will help you learn more. this article will give you a rapid fire overview of LINK's potential future functionalities and the wide range of markets it can help make smart contracts useful for will make
https://blog.chain.link/44-ways-to-enhance-your-smart-contract-with-chainlink/