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Blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) systems, which Michael Casey and Paul Vigna (2018) have called "The Truth Machine", have emerged as a solution to the problem of trust which, at the moment, is experiencing une crise (Edelman 2017). Trust is at an all-time low in connection with data and records (as an example, we are bombarded daily with misinformation); in social, political and economic institutions; and in technical systems that are designed for the manipulation of data but not for its protection. Many people no longer trust our institutions, our information systems, nor the information they contain. Moreover, some individuals increasingly mistrust centralized authorities in any form. Cheney et al. (2009) observe: "historically, databases. . .were trusted because they were under centralized control: it was assumed that trustworthy and knowledgeable people were responsible for the integrity of the data." But times have changed. As Collomosse et al. (2018) note, trust in archival institutions, traditionally seen as places that could be trusted to preserve the long-term integrity and authenticity of records, has eroded. This erosion of trust is because, in many con

Author

Victoria L. Lemieux; Marcelo Bravo

Publisher

Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9783030544133

Subjects

Business