UK’s David Cameron Wants to Use Blockchain to ‘Fight Corruption’ in Governments
The U.K.’s former Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday that the blockchain can be used to fight government corruption and that he is ‘excited’ about the potential that the technology presents. Speaking at the opening of FinTech startup Blockchain’s new London offices, Cameron said that what ‘most excites me is the potential that your technology has to fight corruption and to deal with failures of governance and governments and the rule of law all over the world,’ reports Business Insider. Talking about countries where so many people are trapped in poverty with corrupt and failed....
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