Here are a few of my favorites that I am looking forward to:
  • Esports betting pools, with automated payouts based on the game's server API (looking at you DOTA2).
  • ACH transfers that settle a purchase of bitcoin using a banking API.
  • Collateralized pull requests on Github that payout upon a successful merge.
  • Anonymous crowd-funding campaigns that refund when they fail to meet their target by a certain deadline.
  • A loan contract that holds bitcoin and adjusts its payout over time.