Blockchain and Public Authorities: a Field Yet to Be Explored

The essay discusses the use of blockchain technology in the public sphere in order to redesign information systems, promote user trust and personal data protection, and help to bring about new benefits for citizens, public services and businesses. From this viewpoint, three issues are examined: the need to set up a specific regulatory model, the multiple ways in which blockchain technology is implemented in different areas of administration services, and finally the duty to guarantee the right to obtain human intervention and to challenge the truthfulness of the data used by public administrations. These aspects are crucial to include blockchain within the European Right to Good Administration.