The UK Government's Official Archive Is Testing Blockchain

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💥💥The National Archives (TNA), the official record-keeper of the UK government, is investigating the use of blockchain for records sharing.

The research project, dubbed Archangel, is being led by the University of Surrey and involves partners such as the Open Data Institute. Among other goals, the initiative will explore the extent to which blockchain can address pressing questions related to archive management.

In a blog post published Tuesday, Alex Green, the Archives' digital preservation services manager, wrote:
"How can we demonstrate that the record you see today is the same record that was entrusted to the archive 20 years previously?... How do we ensure that citizens continue to see archives as trusted custodians of the digital public record? To address these questions, Archangel is exploring how we can know that a digital record has been modified and whether the change was legitimate so that ultimately it can still be trusted as the authentic record."

"Specifically, the project is investigating how blockchain might be used to achieve this," Green added.

As one of the world's largest and oldest archives, The Archives is a leader in setting standards and best practices in the field. As such, the project aims to "deliver vertical impact to specific sectors within the Archives and Memory Institutions (AMIs) landscape, driven through end-user partner The National Archives."

ARCHANGEL has a proposed timeframe of 18 months. It is set to prototype a distributed ledger technology (DLT) service that will "collect robust digital signatures derived from digitized physical, and born-digital content," according to Green.

The research is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, which invests more than £800 million a year in fields such as mathematics, materials science, and information technology.
~By Coindesk~

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[anggriani]

very interesting and if the research they do succeeds, then I can not imagine and maybe the revolution for blockchain will begin. this article makes me smile and more excited, I hope their goal can be achieved soon, thanks op.

[arpon11]

This is a nice development and I wish this could have been the beginning of governments adoptions and acceptability of blockchain technology.  I have been trying to find out mush reason why governments keep banning icos project that has intention to help humanity instead of doing what UK governments is about to do.

[chikucrypto]

It is a excellent news . i am very happy that government are going to test block chain.now the great revolution going to begin in crypto market. and the investors will invest more in this market.

[AiwaDima]

Well, as it was conceived, the state initially wanted to hide everything and that it was not legally, and now they themselves are testing the technology of this market, this market is the future and who did not understand that very badly yet

[gary_57]

Great to know the news. Through government the market is going to have a great revolution. Now, the investors will get inspired to invest in it more than before.

[Catmony]

Good for blockchain technology but not quite effective to increase adoption over bitcoin.
Government is trying to fool their users with centralized blockchain based currency.
They will only use blockchain to store data.
Bitcoin will be left behind, they are not interested on adopting use of bitcoin..

[samarabtc]

Its a great news that UK government are willing to accept blockchain technology. Cryptocurrency is now spreading so fast. Very soon it will be accepted by the whole world without any doubt.

[l10no]

If indeed this news is true then this is the beginning of the success of crypto currency around the world, and we all the crypto traders hope that with this news will make altcoin prices will continue to increase

[Kmoris]

The national archives of the UK government is investigating the use of blockchain for record sharing. The research project is being led by the University of Surrey and involves partners such as the open data.

[petloer]

It’s a great news for this market because UK government thinks about block chain. It shown that they are positive in this market. I think it also increase the popularity of this market.

[28days_ever]

It is a excellent news . i am very happy that government are going to test block chain.now the great revolution going to begin in crypto market. and the investors will invest more in this market.

Nothing will happen, how many such bells were not only in one country and that. While there is the fact that no one is going to take or even approach the technology of the blockchain.

[mc.craigsvictor]

It is a very interesting news. I hope if this research comes true the revolution of blockchain will start and a massive development can be happened. I hope that this research will success and the future of blockchain will be bright.

[alyssa85]

💥💥The National Archives (TNA), the official record-keeper of the UK government, is investigating the use of blockchain for records sharing.

The research project, dubbed Archangel, is being led by the University of Surrey and involves partners such as the Open Data Institute. Among other goals, the initiative will explore the extent to which blockchain can address pressing questions related to archive management.

In a blog post published Tuesday, Alex Green, the Archives' digital preservation services manager, wrote:
"How can we demonstrate that the record you see today is the same record that was entrusted to the archive 20 years previously?... How do we ensure that citizens continue to see archives as trusted custodians of the digital public record? To address these questions, Archangel is exploring how we can know that a digital record has been modified and whether the change was legitimate so that ultimately it can still be trusted as the authentic record."

"Specifically, the project is investigating how blockchain might be used to achieve this," Green added.

As one of the world's largest and oldest archives, The Archives is a leader in setting standards and best practices in the field. As such, the project aims to "deliver vertical impact to specific sectors within the Archives and Memory Institutions (AMIs) landscape, driven through end-user partner The National Archives."

ARCHANGEL has a proposed timeframe of 18 months. It is set to prototype a distributed ledger technology (DLT) service that will "collect robust digital signatures derived from digitized physical, and born-digital content," according to Green.

The research is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, which invests more than £800 million a year in fields such as mathematics, materials science, and information technology.
~By Coindesk~

If this initiative works, they could put the land registry on the blockchain as well.

[jakiro.hovard]

Is it bad? I think that with such technology, Britain will be able to eradicate a huge number of negative things and track all the financial flows that are now controlled by bribed banks.

[Grim149x]

Yeah, I've been noticing a lot of news/articles regarding the government utilizing the blockchain. Just like what a lot of us envissioned. Blockchain and crypto currency is the future, and our investments will pay out in the future or sooner.

[sebastianweyer655@gmail.c]

Good to hear, I doubt they'll be using any shitcoins though lol. A lot of people don't seem to see the difference between blockchain and cryptocurrency

[etin06]

💥💥The National Archives (TNA), the official record-keeper of the UK government, is investigating the use of blockchain for records sharing.

The research project, dubbed Archangel, is being led by the University of Surrey and involves partners such as the Open Data Institute. Among other goals, the initiative will explore the extent to which blockchain can address pressing questions related to archive management.

In a blog post published Tuesday, Alex Green, the Archives' digital preservation services manager, wrote:
"How can we demonstrate that the record you see today is the same record that was entrusted to the archive 20 years previously?... How do we ensure that citizens continue to see archives as trusted custodians of the digital public record? To address these questions, Archangel is exploring how we can know that a digital record has been modified and whether the change was legitimate so that ultimately it can still be trusted as the authentic record."

"Specifically, the project is investigating how blockchain might be used to achieve this," Green added.

As one of the world's largest and oldest archives, The Archives is a leader in setting standards and best practices in the field. As such, the project aims to "deliver vertical impact to specific sectors within the Archives and Memory Institutions (AMIs) landscape, driven through end-user partner The National Archives."

ARCHANGEL has a proposed timeframe of 18 months. It is set to prototype a distributed ledger technology (DLT) service that will "collect robust digital signatures derived from digitized physical, and born-digital content," according to Green.

The research is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, which invests more than £800 million a year in fields such as mathematics, materials science, and information technology.
~By Coindesk~

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Bitcoin had opened the eyes of many countries of the world about the usefulness of Blockchain technology is every facet  of life.  Some countries might not accept bitcoin in the long run but will accept Blockchain technology.

[GrannyC]

It is not a bad idea, the thing is that you should not try to do with a chain what you should be doing with a simple distributed database. That´s my view anyway.

[bartolo]

This is one of the applications and possibilities that the blockchain technology offers, especially due the fact that all the records in the blockchain are immutable. In addition, it's easy to make it visible to the public, making it fairly easy to consult.