Quote from: Velkro on September 01, 2018, 03:25:33 AM

Quote from: katelynsk on August 21, 2018, 07:55:17 PM

In Kenya, the government set up a blockchain to investigate and apply use cases for government services (education certificate verification, traffic management and financial transactions).
In Uganda, banks will adopt blockchain technology where necessary to lower operational costs and risks
In Sierra Leone, Swiss company Agora applied blockchain to ensure a fair count of electoral votes.
In Ghana, a blockchain has been used to settle land disputes and store land registrations since 2016.

Really great informative post. Merited it

Im wondering tho, in Ghana for example, do they use blockchain as blockchain which is bitcoin or they use database calling it blockchain. Without bitcoin computing power securing network, "blockchain" is just database as we know them from ~40 years?

The project is called Bitland, it exists since 2016. Bitland Ghana is part of Bitland Global LLC. They use the OpenLedger platform by BitShares as the basis of their blockchain. Since the blockchain requires a reliable supply of electricity and internet connectivity, the company will build centers (as part of a 4 your plan) to connect communities to a wi-fi network and reliable electricity.

The Bitland blockchain uses a token, Cadastral, for its operations. Cadastral is needed to buy or sell land, register a land title, buy properties, settle disputes, among others. Cadastral is not mined and a maximum of 30 million Cadastrals will be created. 20 million Cadastrals was made available in Bitlands ICO held in 2016. 3 million Cadastrals will be used as block rewards over the next 99 years, 2 million for the payment of employees and contractors, 4 million will be sold directly to governments and 1 million privately sold to fund a multi-currency reserve including the US dollar, Ghana Cedi and Bitcoin. Furthermore, 20% of proceeds from the use of cadastral on the blockchain will go to a reserve.

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