I read through this article and I agree. In theory it sounds amazing but it is only a theory.
If author of this news expect that suddenly corrupt officials would be using bitcoin, or blockchain to document all transaction he must be from another dimension.
They would continue to accept bribes in cold hard FIAT like they always did. Bitcoin can't change human scummy behaviour.
Topic: [2016-08-18]Can Bitcoin Help Curb Corruption in Government Offices? (Read 330 times)
August 18, 2016, 07:59:39 AM
No. If anything it will make it easier because they'll be able to use btc to do their corrupt dealings.
August 18, 2016, 07:54:15 AM
Can Bitcoin Help Curb Corruption in Government Offices?
In Nigeria, a mobile phone service was launched to report against corrupt border police, and it successfully helped truckers and small traders to pass border without paying bribes. In Afghanistan, the government introduced automation to its tax collection process that helped reduce opportunities for tax theft. In India, the government launched schemes that utilized the power of internet in distributing subsidized fertilizers among poor farmers, a service that was food to corrupt middlemen for over 60 years...
http://www.newsbtc.com/2016/08/17/can-bitcoin-help-curb-corruption-government-offices/
In Nigeria, a mobile phone service was launched to report against corrupt border police, and it successfully helped truckers and small traders to pass border without paying bribes. In Afghanistan, the government introduced automation to its tax collection process that helped reduce opportunities for tax theft. In India, the government launched schemes that utilized the power of internet in distributing subsidized fertilizers among poor farmers, a service that was food to corrupt middlemen for over 60 years...
http://www.newsbtc.com/2016/08/17/can-bitcoin-help-curb-corruption-government-offices/
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