Sunday, March 24, 2019

Blockchain: Some ethical considerations

The development and application of blockchain technologies gives rise to two major ethical issues to do with:

Meeting expectations – in terms of security, privacy, efficiency and the integrity of the system, and

The need to avoid the inadvertent facilitation of unconscionable conduct: crime and oppressive conduct that would otherwise be offset by a mediating institution

Neither issue is unique to blockchain. Neither is likely to be fatal to its application. However, both involve considerable risks if not anticipated and proactively addressed.

Read more: https://ethics.org.au/blockchain-some-considerations/



Submitted March 25, 2019 at 05:53AM by ethicscentre https://ift.tt/2CBK1T8 via TikTokTikk

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