Blockchain, smart contracts and esports: a match-winning formula?

From relatively obscure origins, the advent of cryptocurrency has fuelled a blockchain (or, less catchy, “distributed ledger technology”) boom in recent years. This is evident in the incredible rise in the value of BitCoin (the first implementation of the technology). And with the similar aim of creating greater transactional security and automation, smart contracts have become a technology that various industry sectors are looking to incorporate into their daily operations.