Paul Snow
Paul Snow
Sep 7, 2018 · 1 min read

Factom was used to settle a digital rights dispute in China this year.

That’s at least one use case for the blockchain.

The use of a blockchain to publish cryptographic proofs for collected data is a real use case that DHS seeks to use Factom to provide.

That’s two.

The Gates foundation is using Factom to index and distribute medical records.

That’s three.

Factom is creating audit trails for loan originators to reduce auditing costs.

That’s four.

What all these use cases have in common is data collected and hashed to.ensure existing systems are not compromised. It isn’t about changing how things are done. Its about adding data integrity where errors have been.made in the past, purposefully or not.