Blockchain in government: Benefits and implications of distributed ledger technology for information sharing

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 355-364

  Ølnes, Svein ^a   Ubacht, Jolien ^b   Janssen, Marijn ^b  

^a WESTERN NORWAY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Applications; Blockchain; Distributed ledger; Information sharing; Intermediation; Smart contracts; Transforming government; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032571246     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2017.09.007     Document Type: Editorial

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