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Can Blockchain Help with Gun Registries
Rob Klein
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/can-blockchain-help-with-gun-registries/
Jun 02, 2020 - Countries with universal background checks and gun registries experience significantly fewer gun-related deaths. As a highly encrypted, tamper-resistant, and decentralized database, distributed ledger technology has the potential to serve as a distributed registry of guns. DLT could allow gun buyers to prove a lack of a criminal record (the equivalent of a background check) without giving up personal information. This survey of the blockchain landscape highlights several start-ups such as VeriTransfer and BitRail that are experimenting with DLT to do for firearms provenance what other blockchain innovators have done with food, cannabis, and p...
Keyword: Armchain, BitRail, BlockSafe, FAABS Project, government, GunClear, Guniary, law & regulation, National Instant Criminal Background Check System, National Rifle Association, Open Application Network, SDG 12, SDG 16, SDG 3, SDG 9, VeriTransfer
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