Why 'Glockchain' Could Hold Police Accountable, Curb Violence
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Why 'Glockchain' Could Hold Police Accountable, Curb Violence

THELOGICALINDIAN - There accept been a lot of letters in the US apropos badge shootings Now anewproject alleged Glockchain is aggravating to barrier abandon by application blockchain technology to almanac an administrator anytime their gun is fatigued or accursed

Also read: Blockchain Technology: Making Smart Guns Smarter

Glockchain Pilots Blockchain-based Firearms

The Glockchain aggregation is designing a firearm that could decidedly authority law administration answerable in the future. The activity is one of the new pilots backed by Ideo coLAB, a affiliation amid Liberty Mutual, Citi Ventures, Fidelity, and Nasdaq. Glockchain’s creators affirmation this ancestor is clashing acceptable acute gun technology. Jing Ling, Liberty Mutual IT activity administrator and Glockchain affiliate tells Tech Insider:

The Glockchain abstraction comes at a time of agitation back accountability aural U.S. law administration has been absolutely lax even with videos of specific battery activity. Additionally, President Obama has stated he will advance for acute gun technology analysis and development. At the aforementioned time, there are abounding gun rights activists adjoin acute gun technology actuality put into legislation, such as the NRA.

Ideo started the pilot workshops in 2015 in Boston at MIT Media Labs and had activated prototypes at Target’s retail stores. Joe Gerber, a managing administrator of coLAB, says the activity members “see amount in accelerating acquirements by architecture calm in groups.”

Blockchain Smart-Gun Tech Gaining Traction

gunThe aggregation will accept antagonism in the blockchain acute gun field, however, if Glockchain sees the ablaze of day by acceptable added than aloof a lab prototype. Bitcoin.com recently interviewed the CEO of Blocksafe, Kevin Barnes, whose startup is adopting money for a agnate firearm concept.

“I see an basement to abutment acute gun technology as the aboriginal footfall to abbreviation the charge of regulations in assorted areas in the world,” Barnes told Bitcoin.com. Blocksafe could additionally be acclimated by the badge as the abstraction advance battery and account with blockchain technology.  

The Glockchain altercation has been actual contemporary throughout amusing media such as Reddit and Twitter. Some bodies were absolutely adjoin the abstraction while others believed the technology would curb all-embracing violence and accuracy with badge shootings. Head of Citi Ventures Global Lab Network Ian Lee is actual optimistic about these types of innovations answer to his followers via Twitter:  

Can concepts like Glockchain and Blocksafe abate gun violence, access accuracy for law enforcement? Let us apperceive in the comments below!

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