The hype surrounding Blockchains has exaggerated the realistic capabilities and applications of this new technology. This made it hard on businesses, developers, and investors to understand the practical limitations and to identify the right applications that are appropriate for blockchain or distributed ledger technology.
Karl Wüst and Arthur Gervais from ETH Zurich have published a peer-reviewed paper that presents a structured methodology that can help determine the suitable technical solution to solve a particular application problem.
In the article Mohamed ElSeidy gos through this methodology and explain some examples applied in the paper (ElSeidy, 2018).