What is it about?
The article explores how blockchain could make government services more equitable, inclusive, and participatory, examining the risks that could prevent these benefits from being realized.
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Why is it important?
This study examines how blockchain-driven data management may contribute to more egalitarian e-government service through the interconnected dimensions of distributive justice, procedural equity and capability enhancement. The analysis identifies four socioeconomic domains in which blockchain-enabled e-government have particular relevance: collaborative urban planning and e-participation, social security management, migration governance and public healthcare. The findings suggest that blockchain strengthen the traceability of public resources and decisions, expand opportunities for participation, improve the portability and verification of personal credentials and increase individual control over sensitive information.
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As we head toward a future of ubiquitous automation, decentralized protocols that enable automated, programmable welfare management or temporarily even smart contract-based UBI offer an opportunity to build a more egalitarian governance. The research explores how distributed ledgers and its specific equity-by-design algorithms can promote procedural equity and sociodemocratic fairness across public sectors, ranging from urban e-participation and social security management to migration services and decentralized healthcare ecosystems. You can find the link to the study in the comments below.
Dr Maxat Kassen
Astana IT University
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This page is a summary of: Blockchain and egalitarian e-government: socioeconomic dimensions of distributed welfare state, Journal of Computer Virology and Hacking Techniques, August 2026, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s11416-026-00662-9.
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