Yesterday’s Data Feed focused on the explosive growth that some analysts and researchers are predicting for the global blockchain market.

Yet on a broader level, blockchain is still facing an uphill battle for acceptance. Nearly three in ten executives see blockchain regulations as the number one biggest barrier for the uptake of the technology’s full potential, the website Statista recently reported. About a quarter of respondents saw a lack of trust among users as the biggest barrier to overcome in blockchain adoption.

Blockchain uses cryptography to link records back to each other, creating a transactional data chain that is famed for being hard to hack and specifically secure. Investment in the blockchain is finally getting some attention and investment. Blockchain technology received an estimated $3.9 billion in capital investments, according to Statista. By 2022, investments are expected to reach $11.7 billion.