Blockchain and other Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) have disruptive potential beyond transforming the way industry records and manages transactions (by leveraging a shared and verified database of ledgers in a distributed manner).
By providing transparency and accountability in new and distributed ways, blockchain technologies have the potential to empower underserved populations in myriad ways – including the establishment of trusted digital identities.
In other words, blockchain technologies can promote positive Social Change: Blockchange.
Blockchange is an initiative of the NYU GovLab with support from the Rockefeller Foundation.