Could blockchain tech improve state government? Proposal aims to find out

SALT LAKE CITY — Beehive State lawmakers are considering a bill that would launch an exploration of how the hive mind of blockchain technology could help optimize some state government tasks.Blockchain technology — which may be envisioned as a shared digital spreadsheet in which every transaction or change to the data must be verified by participating, validating peers — is an innovation best known as the platform on which cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, Ether and others are bas