Topic: [2018-03-19] Blockchain Technology Takes Hold in Israel: Expert Take (Read 115 times)

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The Government of Israel promotes the policy of open government with the understanding that recent innovations in communication and information technologies could allow a significant improvement in parliamentary democracy. This approach fosters informed policy-making processes, improves governmental services and has the potential to strengthen the trust between citizens and government.

The Israeli government funds, collaborates and partners with businesses as well as educational institutions in fostering and continuously developing innovative technologies and science. The Israeli Blockchain Association bridges the interaction between these parties concerning initiatives in Blockchain technologies.

A startup Blockchain technology company, CoaIiChain, is designing an interactive political platform that promotes the policies of an open government and eliminates the communication gap between the elector and the elected. During interactive discourse between citizens and government, the platform produces heat maps and graphs conveying the citizen's interests, allowing politicians, in turn, to respond in real-time to their constituent’s queries. The data collected by the system traces the frequency of corporate influence and payments made to politicians. The system also utilizes smart contracts for enforcing campaign commitments made by politicians – such as budgets proposals, policies. The launch of a beta version is scheduled for release in Q1 2018, and the full version & Blockchain integrated app by the end of 2018 according to the company’s website. 

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