{"id":2008,"date":"2019-11-26T21:56:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T21:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ohioerc.wpengine.com\/?p=2008"},"modified":"2019-11-26T22:06:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T22:06:32","slug":"new-ohioerc-guideline-blockchain-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ohioerc.org\/?p=2008","title":{"rendered":"New OhioERC Guideline: Blockchain Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As\n a technology, blockchain, or distributed ledgers, have been around for \nover a decade, but it is only recently\n that blockchain uses beyond cryptocurrencies have been contemplated.&nbsp; \nNow, however, Ohio state and local governments are taking an interest in\n blockchain and how the technology might be leveraged within the public \nsector.&nbsp; Legislators are proposing changes\n to the law to allow for the use of blockchain, and technology companies\n are rapidly getting into the game.&nbsp; In this fast-paced move toward the \nadoption of blockchain technology, records managers and archivists \ncannot afford to not be a part of the crucial\n conversations because they don\u2019t understand the technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The  OhioERC Blockchain subcommittee is working toward a number of  <a href=\"https:\/\/ohioerc.org\/?page_id=1948\">guidelines to demystify blockchain technology<\/a>.&nbsp;  We are happy to release our first document, <a href=\"https:\/\/ohioerc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/OhioERC-BlockchainBasics-20191010_final.pdf\">Blockchain Basics<\/a>!&nbsp; It is  intended to be a high-level description of the most common blockchain  concepts and terminology.&nbsp; The guideline does not attempt to argue for  or against the use of blockchain, as there are  many variables that come into play.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned over the next year as the subcommittee releases additional guides that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Provide basic level of understanding of blockchain to records managers<\/li><li>Outline the advantages, disadvantages, and how those change with public versus private blockchains<\/li><li>Outline the role records managers and archivists should play in blockchain projects<\/li><li>Who should be at the table during blockchain projects and what should their role(s) entail<\/li><li>Use cases for types of records that could benefit from blockchain and types that might be better suited in a different format<\/li><li>Identify potential legal implications<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pari Swift, OhioERC Blockchain Subcommittee Chair<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a technology, blockchain, or distributed ledgers, have been around for over a decade, but it is only recently that blockchain uses beyond cryptocurrencies have been contemplated.&nbsp; Now, however, Ohio state and local governments are taking an interest in blockchain and how the technology might be leveraged within the public sector.&nbsp; Legislators are proposing changes &#8230; <a title=\"New OhioERC Guideline: Blockchain Basics\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ohioerc.org\/?p=2008\" aria-label=\"Read more about New OhioERC Guideline: Blockchain Basics\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guidelines"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohioerc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohioerc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohioerc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohioerc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohioerc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ohioerc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohioerc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohioerc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohioerc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}