Editorial: Blockchain

Abstract

[...]the introduction of blockchain is resulting in a move from highly centralized, single-point-of-failure systems to those that are closer to being user-controlled and that provide an auditable trail for moving things of value.[...]blockchain might eliminate waste and therefore reduce cost in a sector sorely burdened with expensive overhead that absorbs a large share of national resources.[...]Hugh Rooney, Brian Aiken, and Megan Rooney answer the question "Is Internal Audit Ready for Blockchain?" Hugh Rooney is a member of the Tendermint/COSMOS team who are building blockchain infrastructure, Brian Aiken is an External Board Member of the Audit Committee to the Auditor General of Canada, and Megan Rooney is law student at Osgoode Hall in Toronto, Canada.[...]combining their audit/legal/blockchain expertise, the team offers practical advice to help organizations prepare their internal audit teams to be "blockchain ready".Anton Ljutic is a futurologist with many interests, having been a professional musician in Germany, a programmer at IBM Rome, a professor of Economics and an early Internet telecommunications enthusiast and consultant in Montreal, a Head of the Government of Canada's IT Security Learning Centre, and the founder and chair of the government's Interdepartmental Committee on Security Training.