Three areas where blockchain could revolutionise compliance in Australia

Three areas where blockchain could revolutionise compliance in Australia

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By Dr. Drew Donnelly, Compliance Quarter. In our last article on blockchain, Understanding smart contracts, we talked through an example of how blockchain could be utilised to implement a smart contract for the purchase of a ‘smart’ refrigerator, including the registration of a security interest. This suggests one way in which blockchain could be used to ensure regulatory compliance; the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR) could be integrated into blockchain adding an extra level of protection to a security interest. In Future possibilities for Australian business with blockchain we talked in general terms about how blockchain might be used to ensure compliance with identity management and corporate governance requirements. In this article, we look at three specific areas of regulatory compliance in Australia where there are already signs that blockchain…
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Future possibilities for Australian business with blockchain

Future possibilities for Australian business with blockchain

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    By Dr Drew Donnelly, Compliance Quarter. Last year, the Federal Government announced its commitment to Australia being a world-leader in Financial Technology (fintech). One aspect of this is fostering the use of digital currency (such as ‘bitcoin’) in Australia. In Three ways that financial technology changes can grow your business, we discussed the Government’s recent support for the use of digital currency through removing the ‘double GST’ which often applies to digital currency transactions. In its fintech priorities (read here at http://fintech.treasury.gov.au/australias-fintech-priorities), the Government also confirms its support for fostering ‘blockchain’ technology in Australia. So, what is blockchain? And how might it revolutionise Australian industry and government administration? What is Blockchain? Blockchain is a distributed ledger system, originally created to support the use of digital currencies such as…
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