Jessica Levesque is the Executive Director for the Crypto Currency Certification Consortium and Vice President of Education for Empowered Law.

Jonathan Reichental is the CEO of Human Future, a professor at a number of universities, the former Chief Information Officer for both O’Reilly Media and the City of Palo Alto as well the author of Smart Cities for Dummies

Today, we discuss Blockchain and Government and how this mysterious technology can help track your tax dollars, publish research papers, authenticate art, and prevent voting fraud.

Time stamps:

1:20 – Salespitch… How can Blockchain Technology help governments?

10:37 – When will Blockchain Technology start working like magic?

22:42 – What are the advantages for the government to use Blockchain Technology instead of simply using a database?

25:06 – Blockchain is “Trustless,” but not in the way you think.

29:37 – How Blockchain Technology can accurately track tax dollars

33:52 – Blockchain and voting

39:36 – How do you teach an old dog new tricks?

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Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like.

Your host is Richard Pietro, an Open Government & Open Data practitioner for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality!

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