The Trump administration, at least two members, anyway seem to be
interested in using the Blockchain for governmental purposes. Margie
Graves, acting federal chief information officer at the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) and Mick Mulvaney, Congressional Blockchain Caucus
co-founder and head of the OMB, according to Coindesk. https://www.coindesk.com/trump-white-house-doubles-us-commitment-blockchain
Streamlining bureaucracy and improving responsiveness to citizens with
technology are of major importance to the OMB.
Opinion:
It is a very good sign for blockchain development to hear that the Trump
administration is showing a positive interest for the blockchain and it's
development being virtually endorsed by the Trump administration.
There are many types of records, I don't know off hand how many, but
many types of records can be secured and indexed later using a
blockchain. I read an article years ago, that taught me that record-keeping,
such as property records and other types of records were one of the
aspects of American organization that made the U.S great. I don't
remember the source of that article, it was two decades ago that I read
it, but there should be no doubt that good record-keeping is a strength.
The following might just be a dream or a goal of democratic purpose,
but if most records and important information could be secured by
"citizen" miners or "witnesses" if I understand the analogy correctly
of miners to witnesses, it seems to me that a large group of citizen
miners or "witnesses" securing government blockchains could be a
great way of defining and securing democracy in a decentralized way.
So it would be more democratic and not at all anarchistic to allow
any or all citizens to secure everything that is blockchain.
I think that it is eventually possible. But is it a dream? Can this be a goal
of future citizens of democratic countries?
Is it a dream to hope that the entire world can be a democratic world
secured with many blockchains, by the world's citizens and every human
that want to can be a part of it if they choose to mine or "witness?