BLOCKCHAIN

sector underpinned by blockchain technology is explored. In the envisioned society,
people will spend more time in the digital world than they do in what will by then
be called the physical space. Blockchain could potentially be used to better optimize
and automate processes such as planning, organization, and decision making in public
authorities and registries.
Population Registration and Personal Identification
Sweden’s personal ID number system was changed in late 21st century. Since then,
each registered individual, organization, and other kind of entity is handed a unique
personal identification number (PID). PIDs are constructed in a way that the supply
cannot reasonably run out. There are billions of entities, most of which are nonhuman,
since distributed automated algorithms are multiplying faster on their own.
For people to interact with authorities and with each other within the jurisdiction of
society, a PID is required. Using a PID as a seed, an unlimited number of asymmetric
key pairs can be generated by or for the entity who owns it. Keys may also be revoked
by either authorities or the owner. A web of trust concept, with entities – including
authorities – signing each other’s keys, creates bindings between public keys and their
owners. This way, a PID can also act as a kind of master public key, automatically connected
to more dynamic physical and virtual addresses, accounts, legal rights, and so
on. PID numbers, signatures, interactions, and activities are stored in a blockchain.
Thus, the blockchain is the basis for population registration and offers a built-in means
for population registration certificates and virtual ID cards.
Jurisprudence
General jurisprudence involves the study of legal source code. That is, legal code has
turned into software legal code, where both laws and contracts are created through
programming. The blockchain forms the legal system framework, as civil laws and
regulations are written in code and signed and issued by corresponding authorities. All
agreements are made as smart contracts in the blockchain, which are legally binding
when signed by parties and included in the ledger and executed at all times according
to the framework made up by laws and regulations that are also stored in the blockchain.
Any binding interaction ever made within the jurisdiction of the blockchain law
will be forever time-stamped and written into the history archives of the very same
blockchain system. Most disputes are settled automatically by the pure distributed
execution of the code. Those disputes that lead to court actions and trial verdicts are
used to guide new legal practice and to fine-tune the legal source code in interpreting
law.
Public Information, Privacy, and Integrity
The public sector blockchain is public, which guarantees that the principle of public
access (Swedish: Offentlighetsprincipen) is upheld. By default, all interactions involving
public sector entities are stored in clear text or unencrypted source code. When committed,
each interaction automatically goes through the scrutiny of certified processes
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