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USAID Chains Itself: Blockchain's False Dawn in the Swamp?

USAID Chains Itself: Blockchain's False Dawn in the Swamp?

So, USAID is eyeing blockchain for procurement. Not for getting help to starving children, mind you, but for monitoring purchase orders. Sounds…efficient? Or does it just read like another tech-bro fantasy getting stuffed down the gullet of a federal agency that’s already choked on plenty of red tape?Tech Fixes for...