Blockchain in Operations of Government Authorities

Abstract

The blockchain technology using by State authorities does not simply mean the technical modernization of their activities. The role of the State as a whole can change if it offers active services in the digital platforms organization. The participation of the authorities will increase confidence in the quality of data entered into the system, “balance” private participants of the blockchain. At the same time, interaction within the framework of the blockchain, both between the authorities themselves and with private actors, entails legal problems that are currently unresolved. This is demonstrated in the article on the example of State registration of real estate, the process of which involves many actors with different goals and degrees of participation. It is necessary to work out the system of legal significance of documents generated as a result of registration on the basis of the blockchain. The competences of the authorities as participants in the distributed ledger technologies system should be formulated in general in those acts that determine their competence, otherwise they will be illegitimate. Interaction of Public administration entities within the framework of the blockchain requires careful study in the normative plan of the regime of access to information contained in the registry.