As a decentralised technology, the blockchain has potential for bringing transparency and simplifying process for public administrations, but what value it can bring is still largely unknown. Stanislav Mahula explains how he analyses existing blockchain projects, cases and initiatives with local governments to uncover how the blockchain shapes public governance, and vice-versa how the public sector itself shapes blockchain technology. We also discuss reasons for experimenting with blockchain, and address how values such as transparency and trust are not automatically present but need to be explicitly included through design, implementation, and regulation.

This episode was recorded on 23 March 2023.