Quote from: BattleDog on Today at 10:03:16 AM

30% skim --> 100% floods.

You won't fix this with another ribbon-cutting; you fix it with sunlight.

No cash. All payments traceable, in escrow, released by milestones. Publish the BOQ, contractor, change orders, and GPS-tagged progress photos on a public dashboard (even a simple chain-backed log). Engineer + COA + community rep sign before funds move. Random third-party audits and whistleblower protection.

Blockchain won't build levees, but it can make stealing in the dark a lot harder. Sunlight is cheaper than sandbags.

Nice comment... and I think you hit the point. There's a way to put an end to corruption, but people need to wake up.

Quote from: Russlenat on Today at 08:21:43 AM

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now they’re saying there could be dozens of ghost projects too, money gone and nothing ever built.

Well, here we have a joke... It's a very old joke:

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A Serbian guy visits his friend in Greece. The Greek has a house by the sea, a fancy car, a yacht… The Serb asks: “Man, how did you get all this?”
The Greek points and says: “See that bridge? I took a meter from one side and a meter from the other.”

Later, the Greek guy came to Serbia. The Serb now has a bigger house, more cars, and even a helicopter. The Greek asks: “Wow, how did you get all that?”
The Serb smiles and says: “See that bridge?”
The Greek looks around: “What bridge? I don’t see any bridge.”

Hard truth...