Open blockchains could be a democratizing force for social good.

…Maybe. But at the very least the idea of incorruptible record keeping has gears turning in the minds of the international development community. Problems from corruption-proofing land title systems to stamping out the blood diamond and ivory trade has smart people considering blockchains as a possible addition to toolbelts.

Jerry Brito was recently on the Democracy that Delivers podcast, produced by the Center for International Private Enterprise, a non-profit focused on global democratic and economic empowerment, to introduce their audience to blockchain technology and to discuss the social good applications that an open, public, distributed blockchain could have. The full audio is available below.