It will take time for the idea of decentralized trust through computation to become a part of mainstream consciousness, and until then, the idea creates cognitive dissonance for those accustomed to centralized trust systems. With thousands of years of practical use, centralized systems of trust are accepted unconditionally and without much thought as the only model of trust.

We call blockchain the Trust Protocol. It's for people who don't know each other and with no reason to trust each other. Yet these people can still do business together on a blockchain, because they can trust the blockchain protocols. These protocols preserve the integrity of their transaction.