World Government Not Ready For Blockchain: Deloitte Report
The latest report by accounts giant Deloitte suggests world governments are underprepared for disruptive technologies including Blockchain. In “Tech Trends 2017: The kinetic enterprise A government perspective,” the firm gives an overview of seven emerging technologies, rating their relevance to government and government's’ “readiness” to embrace them. Out of all technologies, governmental organizations are least ready to accept Blockchain, Deloitte finds, scoring them just one out of five. “Keep up. Even if you are not using Blockchain, the parties you monitor and work with may soon be,”....
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