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So, for transparency... I'm the author of both articles. It's true that they could be done with a standard DB which would be managed like most of the other pub

So, for transparency... I'm the author of both articles. It's true that they could be done with a standard DB which would be managed like most of the other public / government IT throughout the developing world. The key to understanding the use cases is to look at the blockchain capabilities one by one and see where Ghana benefits from having a hard to modify public database. If there is any subject that you would like to see developed or answered feel free to let me know. I usually write my articles as a way of responding to FAQ I receive in my consulting business.

sho 9y ago
> Ghana benefits from having a hard to modify public database I am very much on board with that idea. I work in finance and write-only is practically a law. I just don't see why you need ethereum to implement it; in fact it seems a terrible, overly complicated way to do it. It is good though that the blockchain hysteria is inspiring governments to think about these concepts though. On your disclosure - despite my criticism they are good articles and do get one thinking.
- decentralised 9y ago
  So, I've worked in finTech for 20 years before changing careers to focus on Blockchain in general and Ethereum in particular, so I'm biased when I see the possibilities of an internet-of-agreements as well as mechanism design and cryptoeconomics in general as complements for real-world policy making and governance. This to say, we could debate the relative merits of any solution so I'll simply say that transparency is a powerful tool in most government use cases. Ethereum was just a tool. Thank you for the compliment!