The blockchain is a disruptive technology that can radically redefine traditional trust relationship models based on centralized authorities, such as the public sector. This can have a huge impact on the Administration.
The evidence tells us that blockchain in the public sector is in an incipient state, with very few real experiences and even fewer that have generated a differential public value compared to traditional technologies
Blockchain has a wide set of operational and legal constraints that are often underestimated. However, it can be a great solution for several problems that are not currently solved and that are increasingly urgent. Besides, we have no better alternative.
From the Administration we have the responsibility to adapt public services to the new challenges of society. We need to learn from the potential of new technologies to be prepared to guarantee their best application for the common good. We need to analyze, compare, test, evaluate and share knowledge. In this sense, we need to experiment with blockchain and learn.
The debate highlighted some of the most interesting use cases.eressaints: self-managed digital identity to empower citizens, traceability in complex interoperability environments, new property ownership models, etc.
In Catalonia there are several innovative initiatives that we are doing concept tests and pilots. The AOC is participating in the European EBSI self-managed digital identity project: apart from the AGE and the universities, we are the only public body in the State that is involved.
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