Techies are also seeing dollar signs, perhaps we need a word to describe these semi-technical people chasing pots of gold at the end of a fools rainbow!
This is a typical example of not understanding the problem they going to solve, but naively assume because ether rum is awesome it can solve everything.
Blockchain should not be a thing in a start up pitch. If you truly get the tech and have a sound solution it’s not a way to make money. It’s a means to disintermediate and that includes the person building it.