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Open Access Government’s Blockchain category delves into the complexities of the blockchain world, read experts on this technology, applications, and more.

Explanations and updates on trade and the global innovation of crypto-currency. The development of online currency and its uses around the world in places such as Haiti is a popular topic covered. We have articles on how the currency helps farmers due to the payment process being more transparent. Newest updates on the developments on Bitcoin are also available.

Pieces on such things as Artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are available both in this category but also within the technology category.

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European Blockchain spending to rocket to $3.5 billion by 2022, data shows

Data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) suggests that Europe will become the second largest investor in blockchain technologies, with blockchain spending expected to soar to $3.5 billion.
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The transformative nature that blockchain could have on the public sector

Jonny Voon, Innovation Lead – IoT & Distributed Ledger at Innovate UK shares a compelling perspective on the transformative nature that blockchain could have on the public sector
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Crypto assets and the regulator’s role: Ignore, regulate or kill?

Dr. Paolo Tasca and Professor Tomaso Aste from the UCL Centre for Blockchain in London, share their expert views on crypto assets and the regulator’s role in this vein
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Blockchain in the European Union: How the European Parliament approaches DLTs

Eva Kaili, MEP, Rapporteur of the European Parliament of the Blockchain Resolution, explains her thoughts on blockchain technology in the European Union today
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Stick or twist: Perspectives from the world’s largest blockchain event

In May this year, New York held the largest Blockchain conference yet – Consensus 2018. Here are a personal set of perspectives about the event which should get you scratching your head about blockchain from Simon Kavanagh, Head of Innovation and Design in Healthcare, Welfare and Education at Tieto 
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Blockchain: healthcare’s next frontier, or so much hype?

DataArt's Denis Baranov discusses how blockchain is likely to have a significant impact on the future of healthcare
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Is blockchain the breakthrough smart cities need?

Michael Winterson, MD of Managed Services at global interconnection and data centre company, Equinix, provides his insight on blockchain for smart cities in the Open Access Government article 
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Blockchain: Potential to benefit public services and modernise bureaucracies

Stig Østergaard Nielsen from the Nordic Blockchain Association argues that blockchain can benefit public services and modernise bureaucracies
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Could blockchain provide a boost to post-Brexit farming?

University of Hull, School of Politics, Philosophy and International Studies, Graduate Student, Tom Jones, asks if blockchain technology might provide a boost to post-Brexit farming.
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Blockchain technology will transform the way we live and work

Phillip Nunn comments on how he believes that blockchain technology will transform more than just the financial sector 
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How is blockchain disrupting health and wellness?

Distributed and open technologies are bringing new business models, personalisation, prediction, motivation, collaboration and trust in healthcare, in the view of Sari Stenfors from the ReCon Blockchain Research Project, at Aalto University in Finland

Blockchain technology for the public good: Design constraints in a human rights context

Tomaso Aste and Geoff Goodell from University College London’s Centre for Blockchain Technologies share their views on why blockchain technology is for the public good and about the fundamental design constraints and digital identity protocols in a human rights context
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Digital Day to focus on benefits of embracing blockchain and AI

Ahead of an impending European initiative and the adoption of a European Public Blockchain Partnership, delegates are to meet in Brussels, Belgium, today (10 April) to discuss embracing technological development
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The role of blockchain technology in Dubai

Smart Dubai Office lifts the lid on the role blockchain technology plays in Dubai, in this revealing interview
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Blockchains potential in the energy industry

The energy industry is becoming increasingly invested in blockchain and 2018 is expected to bring many new developments
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Carrefour launches Europe’s first food blockchain

Carrefour will roll out its food blockchain to eight more animal and vegetable products before the end of 2018
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Blockchain medical device set to improve the delivery for babies born by C-section

NnBu Holdings has developed a blockchain medical device to help deliver healthy outcomes for babies born by C-section
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Ether Legends revolutionary gaming concept on blockchain technology

The expansion and utility of blockchain technology has paved the way for gamers to play an old kind of game but in a new way
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Blockchain booking system could cut hotel prices

Concierge.io claims its blockchain booking system would eradicate commission fees for vendors, while also allowing them to interact directly with customers
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How blockchain could transform the cannabis industry

Rising blockchain technology could be a game changer for legal marijuana, according to small-cap cannabis stock Emerald Health Therapeutics

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