The United Nations has a Conference on Trade and Development. An interesting article was posted on their site, titled “Who are the blockchain winners and losers?”, focusing on growing concern over anticipated job loss that will specifically be driven by the mass implementation of blockchain technology. Part of the focus of the article points out […]
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Blockchain Enables Overseas Military to Vote in 2020 Presidential Election
Military voters stationed overseas will be able to cast votes for the 2020 presidential election, thanks to a mobile app that uses a private blockchain. But is it too risky? Startup Voatz created an app that can enhance participation by overseas voters, reports MIT Technology Review. And West Virginia’s elections director Donald Kersey thinks it’s […]
Job loss to technology, AI, robotics and blockchain are likely going to dramatically alter the lives of tens, if not hundreds of millions of Americans, for the worse.
Sitting here in 2019, it seems that although jobs are being impacted by technological improvements, the swing to extreme job loss has not occurred. Not yet. Although some well-researched prognostications suggest that the future job loss to technology would be as bad as many others, take for instance the mere 36 million projected in a […]
Nevada Counties Using Blockchain for Public Records
Northern Nevada counties are using blockchain to store digital versions of birth certificates, marriage certificates, and other government records. It’s just one more way this online ledger, known for securing virtual currencies like bitcoin, is replacing paper… and people. The Reno Gazette-Journal reported that between April and December 2018, Washoe County delivered 950 secure digital […]
Blockchain Tracks 28 Tons of Mandarin Oranges from China to Singapore
IBM used the delivery of 108,000 oranges to test blockchain recording of the main shipping document and bill of lading. Blockchain did in “just one second” what takes five to seven days to do with traditional paperwork. Blockchain-based electronic systems save document processing time while also cutting operating costs, according to a report by CoinDesk. […]
Blockchanin for Public Records
Some northern Nevada counties are using blockchain, the online ledger best known for helping secure virtual currencies such as bitcoin, to store digital versions of government records like birth and marriage certificates. From a report: The Reno Gazette-Journal reports that as of December in Washoe County, about 950 couples had received secure digital marriage certificates […]