Topic: Blockchain technology for social good? (Read 540 times)

I think it could potentially change the world as we know it HOWEVER it will also instigate a whole new series of issues - that is what happens when tech evolves, every time without fail

Borderless is the way to go! More equality and openness are things I definitely want to support also

Yeah and probably the real adoption stage of bitcoin is only started, don't you think?

I agree, DAO's are probably one of the best things that blockchain created. Let's hope for more decentralized organizations not prone to fail because of central authority!

When a question is being asked, it's not always because a person is unknowing. It can simply be a question which opens up a conversation...
Enlighten this thread with the projects you know and you might give a more useful response   

Voting is definitely one of the best ways of how blockchain can be used, I agree! Let's hope for a more honest and transparant politic system in the future

I strongly  believe so, the world of blockchain technology is developing pretty well through numerous innovating projects which will certainly change the world for the better. I know with the right implementation, blockchain technology can really solve many social issues.

The blockchain is changing the face of the global economics. gradually we are building a borderless world. thanks to blockchain. its usefulness is amazing

Voting and governance on blockchains as made some people STUPID ..I will explain..

Tezos wants governance on a the blockchain    Now what is this for?  so it doesn't hard fork YES or NO..But what is stopping someone who understands the code of Tezos
using Tezos code to make his own blockchain?..

And for another crazy thinking with TEZOS   you say you are self amending and you can vote on the blockchain for technology you want  and this is why you have built Tezos..
So the Tezos holders get to decide what technology they should vote for     then decide should they use this technology?..

So how come people have already built and are building without the Tezos communities say so        so what happened to the vote?..

Then you said because it's decentralized anyone can do what they like with it because no one owns it   SO what are you voting on then?..
You see how STUPID you are being?..

You want to vote on something that anyone can build upon without anyone's say so..

EXAMPLE..I want to build a frog game on Tezos i can just build it and put it on Tezos blockchain then what can you do      NOTHING is the answer because it's a decentralized
blockchain remember ..

Now what is the point in GOVERNANCE on a decentralized blockchain that anyone can add what ever they likes too..

Someone said we are decentralized so do what you likes  so a few have done even down to making a new token like ETH   ERC20 tokens to add with Tezos without anyone's say so..

And this goes to all blockchains who claim to hold governance on blockchains   DO YOU REALLY?..

Tezos says it does     but all the RULES they made seems to contradict what the blockchain is suppose to do..

If anyone can add  how do you vote on them not adding it?   i just add it   and if you wont let me i take your code and make my own and call it what i like but will all run like your blockchain BUT with well better ideas   AND yes my ideas are way way better than yours..

Even down to your car sharing   BAD IDEA  good for cabs   but not sharing a car with a friend   say they got a dog  i mess my nice suit up next time i ride in it..
Also what if it breaks down who fixes it   will we both blame each other for the broken car?

Well it was alright when i had it    No but i only went down the road   <<  see how bad that idea is  ..

People have IDEAS for blockchains   BUT up to now they have been very very bad ..You are not seeing the bigger picture  BUt i understand because some of the coders
with their ideas have no clue because they are so young and maybe not lived like i did..

Blockchain tech is already being used in some other projects that addresses social issues in different sectors. I think what we need is to be aware of these projects so we can support them. 

See the people i know if you mention " blockchains" they look at you as if to say you boring man   I lost friends because of blockchains ..
They thinks i am not going around to his house in case he bangs on about blockchains ..

More interested about football or your local soap program on TV than blockchains ..I try and get them interested by saying you make money BUT still they thinks it's boring
as if to say  I only go to work and get paid in the bank  then spend it on goodies or mortgage who cares for your blockchain..

I had loads of friends till i started going on about blockchains   i only see them few times now   Good way to get rid of some though ..
Well they might ask me for a loan..

I have the best ideas for this whole space BUT i need to be rich just the same as you AND if you done an ICO  you had no skin in the game REMEMBER you used other peoples
money so were was your skin ?..Your idea was your skin in the game   just like mine will be ..

Blockchain technology will produce a substantial increase in transparency, speed and functionality and reduce the cost of storing personal and social records. and also allows and guarantees that the system can be used for blockchain and synchronized to all blockchain networks.

No one has better ideas than me why you would use blockchains AND I MEAN NO ONE..

I have my ideas all wrote down     now a human will think of my idea in the end for a fact because everyone thinks of the same inventions just who does it first..
The times will make everyone think the same   like flying cars    spaceships   just who builds it that counts BUT   someone missed out cough TEZOS ..

Now i cannot code and the people i know don't even want to know about blockchains at all SO   what do i do with my GREAT IDEAS ?..
All written down PLUS   it's not just about me me me   it would involve the many the masses BUT if i told you     you would all be on it like a RASH 

ICO ICO   and i will end up with NOTHING ..The guy who invented the www.  is now pig sick he never made any money off it <
See easy to be all giving when you got it but you need to have it to be all nice and giving..

Did bill gates give his ideas for free OR did he make his money off his idea then when he made enough money all his other ideas can be free BUT not the first one he needed to be rich to be nice YES or NO?

If i was rich my ideas would all be free just like bill gates is now like not at first was he like this  ..
Remember bill you kept the best idea from IBM    sold them the shitty one    that's another reason why i love him SMART AS FUCK..

This is exactly like that.
Currently the majority of people are already known to blockchain technology.
This technology has been applied blockchain for people life better and fairer.

One of the unique feature of blockchain is that it can improves accountability and reduces fraud by offering greater real-time transparency across an organization's entire value chain. This then multiply and increase public trust in the organization's capabilities, giving it a more compelling story to tell potential clients and yo attract sustainable funding sources

Blockchain kind of saves us from our own weaknesses, the most notably fickleness and corruption, so it can definitely be considered useful for social good.

Before, governments and authorities were responsible for taking account for problems arising from these traits, and blockchain kind of renders this obsolete because it's harder to be corrupt and fickle in a society based on blockchain.

Yes, technology is the future. Agreed. I like the independence and the decentralization Blockchain seems to offer. One thing I can't get out of my head though. If someone steals your Bitcoin, how come Blockchain can't help lead you straight to the thieves? Anyway, I'm sure all will become clear with time.

Yes blockchain is for social good   You join an ICO and everyone who joined becomes social  THEN the devs run with your monies   THEN you become more social because your all social complaining all together ..  So yes blockchain can be social good..

So look on the bright side if the devs never robbed you       you all wouldn't of been socially complaining..Meet new friends socially complaining  ..

I think that blockchain  technology should be adopted  for Land title registration. In my country where land fraud is the order of the day, blockchain will eliminate fraud completely. Also, blockchain solves the problem of manipulation.  In governance, there will be full transparency to elections and decision making.

DLT, carefully implemented, can make it easier for people to gain a digital identity under their control, to participate in free market trade with microtransactions, and to vote where the voting process itself is transparent.

These are all steps.

If a politician buys all the votes in a village, this is another issue.
However, if an individual person can vote, without the politician gaining access to who individually voted for what, then that removes one level of obstacle for free thought.

As people further participate at a grass roots level with exposure to the issues independent of media, find additional ways to help educate their children, and engage in more efficient mechanisms of trade, then these help to create better opportunities and provides checks and balances. There is no golden cure, however magnified many times, it slowly starts to open the economic and social fabric for new possibilities.

Id like to comment on this although its later on in the thread.. I don't believe polling stations or unhackable or block chained voting machines won't change anything.. a company I was working for before was pitched to make such machines for Russia.. I thought wow this is really progressive maybe people are looking for a change.. but after I thought about it more and more the resources spent to rig elections will be just be spent on marketing and social and political influence which will make their campaigns still win..

you might be able to make a democratic truly free voting machine.. but you can't democratise the media and social influence.

Like any tool it has equal capacity for good and evil. It will serve both functions. Some coins will be more independent, some will bend over for the establishment and do its bidding. Crypto has the capacity to free humanity from the parasite banker class, but it also has the capacity to become the new one world digital cash free system where every penny is tracked and they can confiscate it in an instant. There will be Russian hacking, money laundering Jihadi, North Korean drug dealer, global warming, kiddy porn coins, and "good" coins which are establishment backed. Unfortunately people are too short sighted to see the value of having a method of exchange that is not easily manipulated, instead they are more interested in quick short term profits. The value of a method of exchange that doesn't enable perpetual theft of value via money manipulation can not be underestimated. Essentially everyone is selling themselves into servitude for a pair of cool Air Jordans now. It is amazing how this historical civilization changing tool can immediately foster a community that turns right around and demands it act exactly like the old broken system. Enjoy your "free lunch" while you can.

I think the authoritarian system isn't one that just "gives" to the people. I'm glad to see blockchain is actually something which they couldn't avoid from growing and it's something which forces them to see power being taken by "the people".

I like to think that blockchain technology is open to anyone who wants to utilize
it and take part in it. Bitcoin wouldn't be this huge and popular if it wasn't for the
continuous support of people throughout the years. Blockchain technology is
more than just an innovation that pave way to cryptocurrency, it also founded and
provided multiple opportunities for people in society and the community worldwide.
It's gonna get bigger and will probably innovate more, it's the future. With the rise
and popularity of social media, it's gonna spread the word out reliably faster and reach
people everywhere.

A good example of a benefit of blockchain is its application in healthcare. I have read that there are now hospitals that use the technology to keep information about the health history of patients. Instead of being tested again and again when transferring in between hospitals and having different analyses and getting opinions from different doctors, hospitals can use blockchain to track everything making it easier for doctors to consult one another with regard to cases. So it is not only beneficial for the doctors but for the patients as well.

I think, and hope to come true ..
Blockchain technology regardless of social class, everyone can participate equally. The blockchain technology is auto, and the algorithm is horrible against all great hackers. I admire its founder.
To be legitimate, each person has only one wallet code controlled by their government, if FLAT is not used, USDT is a common value, we use it very easily in everything. USDT is applied to online shopping such as amazon, ebay ... (online items are publicity transparency) ...
Then there is ICO shipping, and many ICOs are meant to serve us, of course the company pays us in USDT ..........
State funds collected tax the ICO.
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I believe in the benefits (as mentioned) in the area of charity, elections, general monetary and data-related transactions/communication and preventing inflation. The downside of the automatization needs to be handled by us, not by technologies. A reduction in working hours or an unconditional income is inevitable, since many jobs will be replaced by technology and robots. I hope that the people engineering future systems (such as whole governments over blockchain), remain true to themselves and design solutions, which fight greed, injustice and inequality and give back the power to the people.

Blockchain technology is actually very innovative technology. There are a lot of opportunities that can be created with this technology. So, there is a lot of potential really. But just like any other system, it sure has its own downsides too. The main concept of decentralization is very great and highly beneficial to the common citizen. We all agree that the government, its parastatals and some financial institutions wield too much control. But as usual anything new can be manipulated for bad. The anonymity allowed in using this technology has provided some loopholes. So, the truth is that it is really up to us to decide if we will use the technology for good or bad.

Many of the international economy's most valuable industries are stagnated by middlemen who dictate costs, timing, and regulation. With blockchain, we can substitute expensive, error-prone intermediary parties for algorithms that never make mistakes and run without human intervention . The result will be a cleaner marketplace that operates more efficiently than conventional models of organization .

I think that would be great, it will benefit all the people not only us that engages into crypto. Blockchain is similarly like unity, it is  a network, a collection of informations that increments every time new information was added, we can easily review archives and other files that is related in the current situation or patient.  We could analyze and see the positive effect of blockchain in all nations not only for our selves.

the blockchain technology will no doubt solve lots of shortcomings in our society, am from Africa, Nigeria to be precise, a country characterized by corrupt leaders who manipulates the electoral system for personal gain. Integrating the blockchain technology in our electoral system will fix the issue of rigging and electoral malpractices due to the decentralized and transparent nature of the blockchain technology. The blockchain technology has a lot to offer globally.

That's an interesting point you make. Technology will, inevitably, replace middle class jobs. Blockchain or decentralization might not be able to prevent that sadly enough.

Society is constantly changing and people are changing as well. We have better education and better healthcare systems. We live longer and are smarter. It is obvious that we will create one day or another, a system that allows us to be independent of states. The actual system is said to be good for people, it has abolished many wrong behaviours, but it is still enslaving people. We cannot live without banks. We depend on them. Those people are just making money on us. The blockchain technology will give us the opportunity to act without them. We can send money without the consent of banks, vote, and even earn money. No inflation, no business war, no nation, no colours. This is indeed good for our society. Blockchain technology puts us together.

“technology is an unavoidable part of the future.” I absolutely agree with you there. Aside from blockchain that will totally revolutionize that way we transact payments and store records, other technologies that will transform humanity’s future are virtual and augmented realities. You mentioned “let’s build towards a better world.” That’s exactly the goal of these technologies. I even heard that a virtual world is in the works. Would that interest you if that means a better world and future?

First of all, the blockchain will allow to conduct open activity. This is the technology that all mankind needs.Now all spheres of business are actively beginning to apply this technology.This is a revolutionary technology that will change the life around.Medicine, logistics, Transportation, Tourism-this is only a small part of the areas in which the blockchain will be in great demand.I recommend everyone to read the book-Blockchain Technology.Authors Alex Tapscott and Don Tapscott.Very interesting and fascinating book

in my country there have been natural disasters and have to get donations and assistance, the blockchain community has used several crypto to raise funds for victims of natural disasters.
so crypto can be used as a social fund collection asset,
Fund transfers and fund disbursements can be accessed throughout the community through the transaction history inside.

You're absolutely right that technology is and unavoidable part of human life, this is an innovation of human creations. Technology is the impact of human development, so that anything will change to be very sufficient. Then, people should receive blockchain/decentralization as the impact of technology. It will always be improved as long as human still exist.

Now cryptocurrency is just becoming an alternative, but we do not really know next whether it will replace the fiat or not. 

I know that everyone on here is in love with blockchain this, blockchain that, and crypto this and crypto that. But I'm not going to sit here and say that we should have a blockchain and crypto for every single little thing which is going in the world. As for some uses it just isn't practical and for other uses it's just useless and people aren't going to understand what is going on anyway.

I do think that there are certain things that would without a doubt be better off if the blockchain were apart of it -- such as contracts that are put through code, secure real time payment (bitcoin and such),supply chain monitoring (company internal) and some other uses that I haven't mentioned.

But true decentralization should prevent the possibility of that and thus your argument is not valid. Everybody, with good or bad intentions should, in true decentralization, be equal

Blockchain aim to inspire, federate, and create bridges between NGO’s, and government agencies, foundations, impact investors, philanthropists and technologists by focusing on the following focus sectors:

• Financial Inclusion
• Supply Chain
• Identity & Vulnerable Populations
• Energy & Environment

I read a while back that blockchain technology is very helpful to everyday people in some African countries. People who sell vegetables in small shops can use it to easily order fresh supplies. They just need to use their mobiles. It's helping them to make a success of their small businesses. I also read that refugees in different countries find blockchain helpful in integrating into new societies. It's great that the technology can help people to do well and overcome disadvantages.

Blockchain potentially can benefit every single individual by allowing oneself to use his/her own personal information (instead of giving it away for free) in order to get profit, primarily award creators of the value and significantly cut down transaction fees. Not to mention it can definitely help fighting corruption and bureaucracy. Although it is still rather controversial and the final result depends on who's gonna put their hands on this technology first...

Unfortunately I don't think crypto will break the existing situation of the rich being rich and the poor being poor. its only my opinion but I fear that although we need to move towards trust-less, immutable ledgers. As this technology matures and combines with other forms of technology AI / Deep Learning we will see lot of middle class jobs accountants, office clerks, project managers, lawyers (smart legally binding contracts will replace them) logistic specialists, will all disappear. The ruling class will be the people who have the financial power and clout to integrate such systems and this will bring an even bigger divide between the rich and the poor. I think there will be a dark future in the implementation of blockchain. Unfortunately.

I agree, society should know more about crypto world and blockchain tech. would be interesting if blockchain tech can be used on daily usage. many benefits for the social networks.
i think it will happens. someday.

the problem is that you will get more than enough so called "good guys" or "good people" that want to do "good" while "controlling the financial system" and marketing for trust.

the issue then will be how efficient are they? and they will be to many

regards

Interesting on the banned books, I wasn't aware of this. No doubt that this disrupting technology will make a change. But to counter you, do you think that crypto is really breaking the system of Rich always being rich and Poor always being poor? If so, how?

Appreciate your response and thinking!

I have already planted trees and bought beehives in Africa, besides the donations I´ve done with use of block chain tech, and I love the fact that the using of funds is very transparent, I know that the money arrives at site and is not turned into paychecks or commercials on the way.
Besides the transparency and global possibilities that comes with an open ledger, block chain also offers an way to escape inflation in FIAT currencies and store value in BTC which is fantastic in days like these.

The possibility to store information, like a vote, could be applied to a society already and make cheating in voting procedures impossible. I also, like many others think that society will become more "fair" if there is no 3rd parties that can decide if our funds should be confiscated or if we should be allowed to transfer them.

New individuals that lack banking account could access Steemit from a mobile device and earn some money or join airdrops as well, it is intended to reach further then our useless banking system. There will be huge social impact in the future, we will use block chain to ID our selves, store medical data, social media will run on it, making fake news and adds a past thing. We will have access to the medical info, ID and funds where ever we go and no one will be able to steal it or corrupt it, block chain is the future!

Peace

In my case, I would like to have an application of blockchain the medical field.  Imagine that there is an electronic library of data regarding patients around the world and our medical practitioners and researchers will contribute and access it, then we can predict the trend of so many diseases and make a cure for those diseases.

My personal opinion is in the long term, blockchain technology has far reaching implications and ultimately enslave us to an immutable decentralised ledger, which also destroys sovereignty of nations if we go down the route of a world decentralised currency. I think immutable information maintains the status quo of the rich always being rich and the poor always being poor and the blockchain facilitates a way to snapshot that monetary construct in a way which we can never take back. Just think of how we forced the kings to sign the Magna Carta, this won't be possible once we have people in power with technology which is immutable. BTW I'm a Ted Kaczynski supporter who believes he was ahead of his time. It's just his methods of how he went about his actions hurt a lot of people. There is a reason why books like The Technological Society by Jacques Ellul are banned books, or put you on a government watchlist if you purchase them on Amazon.

If we agree that society needs development/improvement in many ways. And we agree that technology is an unavoidable part of the future.

Then how do you see blockchain/decentralization improve life for human beings and society?

I'm curious to hear opinions here. I have my opinions and I work for several projects, but I want to keep my question pure and simple and see what comes up!

Let's build towards a better world