U.S. Customs Wants to Use Blockchain for Travel Security Measures
Photo Credit: Speakers at the 2019 JetBlue Technology Ventures Blockchain in Travel Summit. Skift / Andrew Sheivachman
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As governments and big corporations adopt blockchain solutions to persistent challenges, one shouldn't lose sight of the fact that blockchain's ledger technology can be used to surveil and persecute travelers.
The blockchain craze has subsided after people saw the plummeting values of Bitcoin and Etherium tank their hopes of getting rich quick, but travel companies and technology partners remain committed to finding uses for blockchain to ease friction across the ecosystem.
At the JetBlue Technology Ventures Blockchain in Travel Summit in New York City on Wednesday, a variety of airline and technology folks converged to discuss the future of blockchain as a solution in travel. But perhaps the most interesting topic emerged when the subject of the U.S. government's use of blockchain came up.
When asked by moderator David Post, managing director of IBM Blockchain Ventures, what customs and border protections' killer block
