Editor’s Note: The draft version of NIST Interagency Report 8202 is available here.
From: Nextgov
By John Breeden II
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is prepping the final version of a report on effective blockchain use—and when to avoid it.
One of my Nextgov predictions for technology and government in 2018 was a more mainstream use of blockchain technology in government and the private sector. And it looks like that one might be coming true, as the National Institute of Standards and Technology readies the final version of Interagency Report 8202, straightforwardly entitled Blockchain Technology Overview. The report is aimed at showing ways that government could use blockchain effectively and cautions about a few situations when it should be avoided.
For the most part, researchers examining the technology were impressed. “Blockchain is a powerful new paradigm for business,” said Dylan Yaga, a NIST computer scientist and one of the authors of NIST Interagency Report 8202, “People should use it—if it’s appropriate.”
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