Blockchain-Based Glockchain Tracks Police Gun Usage

Blockchain-Based Glockchain Tracks Police Gun Usage

In a bid to track when police guns are fired a new type of gun is being designed utilizing blockchain technology, which would make police accountable each time a gun is fired. The Glockchain, which is being designed by a group of people, is one of many prototypes that will see many companies and designers coming together over the summer months to create new applications for technologies such as the blockchain. TechInsider revealed that these creations are being designed for a new scheme called Ideo coLAB. Gun shootings in the U.S. Gun shootings in the United States are happening more....


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