Charter schools in California to use blockchain system to fight COVID-19
A new blockchain system will be used to manage and track COVID-19 exposure among students and staff in multiple charter schools across California state. The new applications and measures being implemented by public health authorities across the world during the COVID-19 pandemic have sparked debate over how to balance biosurveillance with individuals' right to the privacy of their personal information.In California, the Collaborative Charter Services Organization, which provides administrative support services to charter schools, has chosen to roll out a pandemic management system that....
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A blockchain-based system for holding online auctions will be launched in Odessa region, Ukraine, in February 2016. The system will allow leasing and selling state property in a decentralized and transparent manner. Such a solution could help fight corruption in this sphere. The current system of state property in Ukraine is centralized. So when this property is sold or leased, only a certain amount of people that control the system get the benefit of it. Thanks to the Blockchain, state property would go online and would be sold or leased without the ability of any particular person to....
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