Blockchains may be most commonly associated with cryptocurrency and other innovations often thought to be flashy or novel, but a growing number of municipalities are embracing projects that use the technology for more basic needs.
Austin, Texas, piloted a blockchain platform that safely stored identifying documents of people experiencing homelessness, allowing local service providers to easily access that information. Chicago’s Cook County and South Burlington, Vermont, have each tested blockchains used for housing property records.
Reminiscent of online editing software such as Google Docs, a blockchain is a decentralized network that allows multiple users to access the same information at the same time. One key difference, however, is that the technology behind such a network creates a permanent record of the data whose history cannot be deleted or altered.
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