London Mayoral Candidate George Galloway Calls for City Government to use Block Chain for Public Accountability
George Galloway, London, U. K. mayoral candidate who is using block chain technology in running his 2016 campaign, has called for the city to adopt block chain technology to provide full public accountability of government business. Galloway was scheduled to present his outline for London's future today at the Railway Tavern in Liverpool Street. He was to be joined by Max Keiser, host of the "Keiser Report." Galloway and Keiser are promoters of MayorsChain, an initiative to use the block chain for managing government business. The Public's Right to Transparency. "Since governments spend....
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George Galloway, a mayoral candidate of London, has implemented the blockchain technology as a part of his 2016 campaign to create a platform called MayorsChain, in an attempt to build 100% transparent records of the city’s budget allocations and public funds. Galloway said: Galloway and his team of developers, including advisor Max Keiser, have proposed a design for a blockchain-based technology that will implement the Bitcoin 2.0 platform Horizon and a “network” of blockchains called the Blocknet. Through the platform, Galloway plans to record political accounts on the blockchain,....
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