[anonymousDan]

Why fintech specifically?

[groestl]

Destructive operations are both tempting to some devs and immensely problematic in that industry for regulatory purposes, so picking a tech that is inherently incapable of destructive operations is alluring, I suppose.

[falcor84]

I would assume that it's because in fintech it's more common than in other domains to want to revert a particular thread of transactions without touching others from the same time.

[postexitus]

Not only transactions - but state of the world.

[defo10]

compliance requirements mostly (same for health tech)

[postexitus]

Because, money.