Disasters and epidemics are frequent, what problems can the blockchain solve?
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While the people of the whole country were supporting the disaster-stricken areas, the epidemic counterattack appeared in many places such as Nanjing, Jiangsu, and the mutated virus cast a shadow over the newly stabilized social economy and activities.
In recent years, the number of disasters and epidemics around the world has increased sharply, and frequent disasters and epidemics have caused huge losses of life and property. We must sum up experience and lessons, try to use new technologies to empower disaster management, and realize the transition from "emergency management" to "emergency management" Smart governance" transformation.
Today, new technologies continue to develop, especially blockchain technology, which shows great potential in empowering economic and social governance, has a positive impact on the existing governance system, and is expected to play a positive role in disaster governance.
Blockchain Technology Value Analysis
The first is to empower the value of data.Today, the rapid development of Internet technology has greatly facilitated the transmission of information. However, with the explosive growth of information, it will inevitably bring problems such as information surplus and false information flooding. How to solve this information redundancy has become a difficult problem in the current technological development. The timely emergence of the blockchain has made it possible to transfer value. Due to its decentralized and non-tamperable features, the blockchain is considered to be the messenger of value transmission in the Internet era. It can realize the tracking, control and transaction of assets on the chain, empower data to be valued, and allow resources to be allocated efficiently.
The second is to empower and value participation.Traditional social governance is highly dependent on a unitary subject, and cannot effectively mobilize the enthusiasm and initiative of multiple subjects in society. Blockchain technology can realize the real-time synchronous sharing of public information, which is conducive to the extensive participation of social individuals. By participating in the chain of governance data and empowering the value of its participation process, it can realize effective docking between individuals and administrative governance subjects, from Fundamentally solve the social reality of low participation in public governance and form a new situation of co-governance and sharing.
The third is to empower credit value.Blockchain technology is a highly transparent distributed accounting system. Its "time stamp" design ensures the authenticity and traceability of information on the chain, and becomes a weapon for building a credit society, making "black-box operations" invisible and reducing The trust cost of social governance, especially in sudden major disasters and epidemics, provides technical support and effectiveness guarantee for various subjects to quickly build trust, reduce wear and tear, and buy time.
Blockchain helps modernize disaster management
The multi-dimensional value characteristics of blockchain technology show unique advantages in helping disaster and epidemic governance, and can help realize the modernization of disaster and epidemic governance in many aspects.
One is blockchain + information release.The modern social governance model relies on a centralized bureaucracy, which often shows shortcomings such as barriers, information redundancy, and procedural delays. Especially in the face of sudden disasters and epidemics, the response is even more stretched, and good opportunities for governance are often missed. For example, at the beginning of the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic last year, information asymmetry led to frequent rumors related to the epidemic, which had a negative impact on social stability. Ordinary people, failing to keep abreast of the real development of the epidemic, tend to misbelieve Internet rumors, make wrong judgments, and even question the epidemic data released by relevant departments.
The distributed characteristics of the blockchain will reshape the disaster information release system and improve the rigidity and closure of the traditional governance system. Blockchain technology transforms information publishing from "serial" to "parallel" business processes open to the public. Information is distributed and presented on the chain and broadcast across the network in a timely manner, which can create an open, timely and transparent information dissemination network , to avoid the negative results caused by the delay in information release under the traditional governance model.
The second is blockchain + disaster donation.After the outbreak of the disaster, all sectors of society actively donated, forming a good situation of "one party is in trouble, and all parties support". However, in recent years, in terms of charitable donations, public trust crises have occurred frequently, and how charitable organizations can rebuild their credibility has become an urgent problem to be solved.
The blockchain has multiple advantages such as decentralization, non-tampering, and traceability. It can record and store every donation and material on the chain, so that the flow of donations and materials can be well documented, which can effectively reduce the risk of fraud. Probability, reducing human intervention, is conducive to the re-establishment of social trust.
The third is blockchain + resource allocation.The key to disaster management is to realize the effective allocation of treatment resources. Under the traditional disaster management model, many problems often arise in resource allocation, such as interception, mismatch, and congestion.
Blockchain technology will greatly improve resource allocation in disaster and epidemic governance. Through deep integration with technologies such as the Internet of Things, its functions such as time stamps, smart contracts, and value transmission can help disaster relief supplies in an environment where every second counts. Precise deployment.
The fourth is blockchain + order reconstruction.Rebuilding order after a disaster is an important task in disaster management, and it is also a task that tests patience, care, and love. In the traditional disaster and epidemic management model, many tasks are not detailed enough, and there are "emergency" elements. There is a big contradiction between the lengthy approval process and the urgency of rebuilding order after the disaster.
The distributed recording feature of the blockchain can better preserve various data during the disaster and provide technical support for the restoration of order after the disaster. For example, due to the centralized management attributes, the data of some departments may be lost or tampered with after the disaster, which is very unfavorable for post-disaster reconstruction. The advantages of decentralization of blockchain technology can effectively eliminate the threat of single point of failure, trace the source in time, promote cross-departmental collaboration and data sharing, and have a positive effect on reconstruction.
Although disasters and epidemics are sudden, and there are still some difficulties in widely applying blockchain technology to disaster management, with the continuous development of blockchain technology and the gradual increase in the awareness of blockchain from all walks of life, I believe that in the future Blockchain technology will become a "new weapon" for disaster management.
Technology Deep Cultivation Empowers Blockchain Landing
At the Fourth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the Party, focusing on the issue of "promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities", it was clearly proposed to "establish and improve the system and rules for administrative management using Internet, big data, artificial intelligence and other technical means", optimize Government responsibility system.
As a representative of a new generation of technology, blockchain technology is distributed, open, transparent, safe and stable, making it extremely revolutionary in the field of disaster management and promoting the modernization of the national governance system. The safety of life and property provides more hope and protection.
As an early developer of blockchain technology, Wanglian Technology has continuously empowered the industry to implement applications, and has provided mature blockchain solutions for more than 100 customers in different industries, and successfully realized the implementation of blockchain technology in multiple industries. . At present, the company already has a variety of products including the VoneTracer blockchain traceability platform, the VoneDAO blockchain self-organization management platform, and the VoneCredit blockchain cloud credit supply chain financial platform, which can play a role in the management of disasters and epidemics. Management and post-disaster reconstruction, etc., assist in the modernization of governance capabilities and governance systems, and ensure the safety of people's lives and property.
