Federal agencies are growing more interested in how the government can use the blockchain to improve security, privacy and data sharing — and have a bevy of open solicitations that they can use to expand beyond the narrow set of existing partnerships.
Blockchain, the open-source technology behind the digital currency Bitcoin, is a semi-anonymous public ledger of transactions that is unalterable and verifiable. The government has been exploring the technology’s potential beyond money exchange, and Bloomberg Government expects interest to accelerate.
While the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Justice and Treasury departments have been paying contractors for blockchain-related ...
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