SingularityHub - Estonia Is a ‘Digital Republic’ — What That Means and Why It May Be Everyone’s Future

Title:

Estonia Is a ‘Digital Republic’—What That Means and Why It May Be Everyone’s Future

Author:

Dr Imtiaz Khan & Ali Shahaab

Published:

SingularityHub, 15 October 2020

https://singularityhub.com/2020/10/15/estonia-is-a-digital-republic-what-that-means-and-why-it-may-be-everyones-future/

From the article:

Estonia offers the most comprehensive governmental online services in the world. In the US, it takes an average taxpayer with no business income eight hours to file a tax return. In Estonia, it takes just five minutes. In the UK, billions of pounds have been spent on IT, yet the NHS still struggles to make patient data accessible across different health boards. In Estonia, despite having multiple private health service providers, doctors can collate and visualize patient records whenever and wherever necessary, with consent from patients—a real boon in the country’s fight against coronavirus.

World Economic Forum, 17 June 2020 - Exploring Blockchain Technology for Government Transparency: Blockchain-Based Public Procurement to Reduce Corruption

Title:
Exploring Blockchain Technology for Government Transparency: Blockchain-Based Public Procurement to Reduce Corruption

Published:
World Economic Forum, 17 June 2020
https://www.weforum.org/reports/exploring-blockchain-technology-for-government-transparency-to-reduce-corruption

Description:
In partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Office of the Inspector General of Colombia (Procuraduría General de Colombia), the Forum has led a multistakeholder team to investigate, design and trial the use of blockchain technology for corruption-prone government processes, anchored in the use case of public procurement. The project, led by the Blockchain and Digital Currency team housed within the World Economic Forum Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, is called Unlocking Government Transparency with Blockchain Technology.

University of Bath (13 May 2020) - Blockchain – forget the criminal record, it might just save your life

Title:
Blockchain – forget the criminal record, it might just save your life

Published:
University of Bath, Press release, 13 May 2020
https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/blockchain-forget-the-criminal-record-it-might-just-save-your-life/

From the press release:
"Blockchain, the technology that underpins digital currency and has acquired a slightly tainted reputation as a useful tool for organised crime, is coming out of the shadows and is set to become a friend to consumers, protecting them from tainted food, fake medicine, fraud and products with illegal or unethical origins, a new study from the University of Bath shows."

The Open University, UK - OU digital experts showcase blockchain technology at IoC Conference (24-25 February 2020)

Title:
OU digital experts showcase blockchain technology at IoC Conference

Author:
Bridgette Honegan

Published:
OU News, 26 February 2020

From the article:
"Tech experts from The Open University pilot blockchain-verified badges at this year’s Institute of Coding (IoC) Conference.  

The IoC, a coalition of universities and employers working together to respond to the UK’s digital skills gap, hosted its second annual conference this week (24 – 25 February 2020).

Conference attendees were given delegate badges with blockchain technology to log their activities over the course of the two-day event as part of an OU pilot."

To read this article:
https://distance-educator.com/ou-digital-experts-showcase-blockchain-technology-at-ioc-conference/

University of Luxembourg: BlockPGP: A new blockchain-based PGP management framework

Title:
BlockPGP: A new blockchain-based PGP management framework

Author:
Ingrid Fadelli

Published:
TechXplore, 5 February 2020

From the article:
"Researchers at the University of Luxembourg have recently developed a new PGP management framework in which the key server infrastructure is implemented using blockchain technology. This new framework, dubbed BlockPGP, was presented in a paper published in the International Journal of Networking and Computing."

To read this articel:
https://techxplore.com/news/2020-02-blockpgp-blockchain-based-pgp-framework.html