It is amazing how different technologies can be adapted to new uses and markets. Blockchain, the technology behind the fabulously fluctuating Bitcoin, is increasingly being heralded by governments as the technology to revolutionise the public sector. An increasing number of countries are trialling blockchain for security in public records. Young countries in Eastern Europe, such as Georgia and Ukraine are pioneers of e-government, using blockchain for land registries to improve the trust in government. They are not the only ones, Sweden, Dubai and Estonia are also implementing the technology. A new wave of innovation is being embraced by government.

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