Two members of the Chilean government put forth a blockchain adoption resolution Thursday. It is currently being reviewed by the lower house of the country’s parliament, Camara de Diputados.
The members of parliament (MPs) Miguel Angel Calisto and Giorgio Jackson presented the drafted resolution to the government with the hopes of implementing a ”blockchain ecosystem” for Chile in the near future.
Calisto made the argument that the technology could be used to add transparency and trust to the work carried out by different public agencies, also reducing the risk of private information that they have access to being used in a malicious way. He told parliament: “It is the moment that these new technologies that are at the forefront of innovation, are seen as a real option in a Chile that must look to the future and ensure the good of all its citizens.”
Jackson added that that aim of the blockchain resolution is to increase cybersecurity standards and reduce bureaucracy within public services but that blockchain should not be limited to this, pushing that it’s ”transformative” and ”revolutionary” potential of decentralizing information should be explored further.
He also made a point that instituting blockchain data sharing solutions could save costs, citing a recent report produced by the Chilean Economic Prosecution office which points to the increasingly challenging financial situation that maintenance of notaries has become for the government.
Calisto and Jackson first registered the resolution in August, backed by eight of their colleagues. In it, the resolution appeals to president Sebastian Pinera to take action in instituting blockchain solutions in the country, with an offer to conduct studies into the potential advantages of blockchain-based security and energy solutions.
The president of Chile’s Central Bank, Mario Marcel, said in May that he was considering the establishment of regulation around cryptocurrencies to prevent them being used in the country for any illicit activities. Pointing to terrorist financing and money laundering, in particular, Marcel said that formulating a legal structure around digital currencies could help ”monitor risks”.
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