Pistis.io - City Land Registry and Transfership

The transparent nature of blockchain technology makes it the perfect fit for use in public records systems. Today, you see a growing number of governments seeking to integrate blockchain into their land registry protocols while progressing towards smart-city. Integration makes sense when you consider that blockchain is more efficient, reliable and cost-effective than current models in use.

The current systems in place are outdated. Keeping track of who owns which pieces of property is difficult when you have hundreds or even thousands of years of land records. It’s common to encounter discrepancies within the paperwork including forged documents, counterfeit titles and, in some cases, a complete loss of all documentation. When these situations arise, it can lead to costly court battles between conflicted owners, both of whom believe they are the rightful owner of a particular piece of property.

Above image represents architecture of Land Registry - a simple Dapp based on the ethereum blockchain. It can be used as an alternative to the existing approach. Here the land owner registers the land details along with the land value by providing necessary proofs. Only a registrar or government authority who is registered as the superadmin can do the registration process.

Lands coming under a particular area (eg., a village) can register to the system only through the superadmin assigned to that area. The smart contract can been written in such a way that the owner has to transfer his full asset to the buyer and no partial transaction of the asset is allowed. Even though the registration process requires a government authority, the entire process is transparent and the transaction happens between the the two clients without any intermediaries.

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Pistis.io - E-Voting powered by Blockchain

Elections are under threat from malicious actors that can infiltrate voting machines, alter voter registration databases, coordinate disinformation campaigns, and more.

Election security involves the protection of election processes and critical voting infrastructure from cyber attacks. Elements in need of protection include: registration databases, voting machines, other systems to manage the election, and systems that report & display results.

Blockchain technology can help.

In its most basic form, blockchain is a digital ledger. The technology draws its power from the peers – or nodes – on its network to verify, process, and record all transactions across the system. This ledger is never stored, but rather exists on the “chain” supported by millions of nodes simultaneously. Thanks to encryption and decentralization, blockchain’s database of transactions is incorruptible, and each record is easily verifiable. The network cannot be taken down or influenced by a single party because it doesn’t exist in one place.

Blockchain can solve the many problems discovered in these early attempts at online voting. Pistis.io's blockchain-based voting application does not concern itself with the security of its internet connection, because any hacker with access to the terminal will not be able to affect other nodes. Voters can effectively submit their vote without revealing their identity or political preferences to the public. Officials can count votes with absolute certainty, knowing that each ID can be attributed to one vote, no fakes can be created, and that tampering is impossible.

Here's a representation of simple architecture of the e-voting dapp:

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