Blockchains and the Civic Nervous System

In this article, Alessandro Voto takes us on a journey to explore how the rise of Blockchains protocol will transform city management enabling more distributed city governance and the emergence of a range of new urban services where machines and humans collaborate in new ways to store, move and tran...

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Main Author: Alessandro Voto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut Veolia Environnement 2017-12-01
Series:Field Actions Science Reports
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/factsreports/4464
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spelling doaj-4c33e747cb304d4caef8c4abe2d6bde22020-11-24T21:48:34ZengInstitut Veolia EnvironnementField Actions Science Reports1867-139X1867-85212017-12-016063Blockchains and the Civic Nervous SystemAlessandro VotoIn this article, Alessandro Voto takes us on a journey to explore how the rise of Blockchains protocol will transform city management enabling more distributed city governance and the emergence of a range of new urban services where machines and humans collaborate in new ways to store, move and transact. Projected to operate at a fraction of the cost of centralized protocols, those new services will be particularly adapted to underserved populations by providing mobile and secure identity for them and the value that they create.http://journals.openedition.org/factsreports/4464blockchainBitcoinsmart contractscrypto-currenciesself-governing protocolsdigital identity
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Blockchains and the Civic Nervous System
Field Actions Science Reports
blockchain
Bitcoin
smart contracts
crypto-currencies
self-governing protocols
digital identity
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author_sort Alessandro Voto
title Blockchains and the Civic Nervous System
title_short Blockchains and the Civic Nervous System
title_full Blockchains and the Civic Nervous System
title_fullStr Blockchains and the Civic Nervous System
title_full_unstemmed Blockchains and the Civic Nervous System
title_sort blockchains and the civic nervous system
publisher Institut Veolia Environnement
series Field Actions Science Reports
issn 1867-139X
1867-8521
publishDate 2017-12-01
description In this article, Alessandro Voto takes us on a journey to explore how the rise of Blockchains protocol will transform city management enabling more distributed city governance and the emergence of a range of new urban services where machines and humans collaborate in new ways to store, move and transact. Projected to operate at a fraction of the cost of centralized protocols, those new services will be particularly adapted to underserved populations by providing mobile and secure identity for them and the value that they create.
topic blockchain
Bitcoin
smart contracts
crypto-currencies
self-governing protocols
digital identity
url http://journals.openedition.org/factsreports/4464
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