The Trump Administration Wants USAID on the Blockchain

Ay The State Department’s staff has been reviewed by memo and ward, the Trump administration has planned to name the US International Development Organization (USAID) as US International Humanitarian Aid (IHA) and directly under the Foreign Secretary. Document, no politics First reportIt is said that as part of its reconstruction, the company will gain “blockchain technology” as part of its collection process.

“All distribution will be protected and detected through blockchain technology to increase all distribution, transparency and traceability,” is written in the memo. “This approach will encourage innovation and skills in the implementing partners and focuses on practical effects instead of simply completing activities and inputs for more flexible and reactionary programming.”

The memory clearly does not clear what it means – if it includes transferring cash into any kind of cryptocurrency or stablecoline, or simply means using a blockchain laser to track this assistance distribution.

USAID personnel are trying to understand their future when the memory comes. The agency was the primary goal of the so -called Government Skill Department (Dosage), which was effectively led by Sentbilionaire Elon Mask. Shortly after the opening of President Trump, the Foreign Office Put the staff of the entire organization on administrative leave, Its workforce has slashAnd have stopped a part of paying partner organizations around the world, Including those who are doing life -saving workThe Since then The Federal Judge has issued the initial order Against the breakdown of the agency, the memory indicates that the administration’s USAID is cut and it is planned to continue the mission to fold it completely in the State Department.

Blockchain’s plans have also stopped the employees’ guard.

Have been able to achieve a few blockchain-based projects Use In the humanitarian sector. Human organizations, Linda Raftry, who helps to adopt new technologies, say that there is a reason that the inclusion of blockchain technology is often unnecessary.

“It seems like a fake technical solution for a problem that doesn’t exist,” he says. “I don’t think we were able to find an example where people were using blockchain where they could not use existing equipment.”

Gulio Coppie, a senior humanitarian officer in non -profit access, who has studied blockchain use in humanitarian work, says that blockchain technology is sometimes effective but does not provide any obvious benefits compared to other equipment companies, such as existing payment system or any other database equipment. “It doesn’t have the proven advantage that is cheaper or better,” he said. “The way it is presented is this technical solutioning system that has repeatedly proved that in reality there will be no considerable impact.”

However, there are some successful examples of blockchain technology in the humanitarian sector. In 2022, the High Commissioner of the United Nations Refugees (UNHCR) Run a small pilot In a stable story to provide cash assistance to Ukrainians who are displaced by the Russia-Ukraine war. Other pilots have been Kenya By Kenya Red Cross Society. The International Committee of the Red Cross, which works with the Kenya team, also helped to develop it Human token Solutions (HTS)The