Moscow's Government to Use Ethereum to Promote Transparency In Commerce

Moscow's government is planning to use ethereum as part of a system for allotting trading spots during weekend farmers markets.

The system will record applications submitted by farmers, who compete for a limited number of commercial plots.

The idea is to use ethereum as a way to create an immutable record of applications, with updates made for those who are either approved or denied access, according to Andrey Borodyonkov, who serves as the blockchain product manager for Moscow City Hall.

"Blockchain is an additional guarantee that the incoming applications remain immutable as well as makes the audit of the application history possible," he explained to CoinDesk.

"The entire dataset is publicly viewable, transparent and available for download. In that case, submission time can be confirmed, while the application cannot be deleted or altered by someone once it is submitted."

Part of the problem is that many of the farmers are unhappy with the current system for reviewing applications.

"Blockchain is to make sure that the process is fully transparent and no one can alter an application. We hope that blockchain will provide full transparency for everyone."

The Moscow City Hall started hiring developers capable of working with blockchain back in 2016, Andrei Borodyonkov told CoinDesk, and in 2018 that staff officially formed a new division named "Product Blockchain."

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