On Wednesday, the workplace of Rep. Gabe Amo issued a press launch stating that Rep. Amo and Rep. Kim (R-CA) reintroduced a bipartisan decision supporting using distributive ledger applied sciences (DLT), together with blockchain, to “support democratic governance, human rights, freedom of information, transparency, and innovation around the world.”
The decision (the total textual content of which was not linked to within the press launch) urges federal businesses to discover and help DLT and expresses Congress’ dedication to advancing accountable innovation on this technological entrance.
Rep. Kim commented on the significance of this know-how within the press launch.
“U.S. leadership in emerging technologies like blockchain not only improves Americans’ lives but also helps us advance transparency in U.S. foreign assistance, human rights, and freedom across the globe,” stated Rep. Kim.
“This legislation is vital, especially as we see the Chinese Communist Party exporting its surveillance technologies and authoritarianism abroad. I am proud to join Congressman Amo to lead this bipartisan resolution to ensure the United States shines as a beacon of hope, freedom, and innovation on the world stage,” she added.
The press launch additionally cited how, in Screven County, Georgia, the Bitcoin blockchain was used to safeguard election election outcomes and supply transparency to voters, linking to this text, which tells the story of the occasion.
Easy Proof, the corporate that helped Screven County officers commit its vote tallies to the immutable Bitcoin blockchain additionally just lately helped Republicans in Williamson County, Tennessee do the identical with the outcomes of its Republican management vote.
Easy Proof put itself on the map when it helped to safe the outcomes of the newest presidential election in Guatemala, the story of which is informed within the quick documentary Immutable Democracy. Because of the vote tallies from the election being safeguarded on the Bitcoin blockchain, the integrity of the election was upheld, regardless of efforts made to tamper with bodily votes as soon as voting had concluded.
The work that the corporate has finished each within the U.S. and overseas is a testomony to some extent Rep. Amo made within the press launch.
“Innovative technology like blockchain helps promote transparency and strengthen democratic institutions around the world,” stated the congressman.
Whereas the press launch supplied proof of the Bitcoin blockchain getting used to protect democratic values, it didn’t differentiate between Bitcoin and different blockchains, a lot of which, by design, are much less safe.
