Reno, Nevada, also known as the "Biggest Little City in the World," has jumped on the Web3 bandwagon and is rolling out a new pilot program that promises to keep digital records of things.
It is the highest-profile city to start storing records this way. According to a press release published Thursday, officials hope the project will improve clarity and transparency in the city's record keeping systems.
Is that actually what it means? The city has launched a website that will allow residents to interact with the government. The site records those interactions in order to keep them transparent and efficient. A giant database that continuously updates and records its progress using encryption is more like a digital scroll than a ledger. Users will be able to file requests for repairs or modifications to historic buildings via the portal in order to improve access to the city's records system. More city processes are expected to be added to the network as time goes on.
In other words, it is a modernization effort powered by the internet and designed to make it easier to interact with the local government. BlockApps, a Brooklyn-based company, offered the city free of charge for their pilot of the project on the platform STRATO.
Hillary Shieve, the mayor of Reno, said she was excited that the Biggest LittleBlockchain showcased the usefulness of the technology. Citizens deserve transparency and accountability from their government, and this new pilot project will empower every Reno resident with easy access to information, and how fitting that we start with the historic buildings that are the heart and soul of our community.
The city claims to be the first city-run and resident-focused platform in the country. Governments have been selling the technologies to improve transparency. Chains are usually open and their entries are fixed, meaning that the information added to them is public and un changeable. It's up for debate whether or not all chains aremutable. A lot of the technologies used in record-keeping are very efficient.
STRATO is not a significant source of energy usage or greenhouse gas emissions according to Reno. Jeffrey Powell said that the platform was a private chain and that the information was distributed by the city.
Reno is one of several Nevada communities that have hitched their wagon to the Web3 star, though cities across the country have begun to pivot tocryptocurrencies. Shieve, Reno's mayor, has made it known in the past that her administration plans to invest in a host of cryptocurrencies and related initiatives with the hopes of bringing the city investment and revenue opportunities.
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