Why the Philippine State Now Chains Its Budget to the Blockchain (No, Seriously)

The plan’s elegant: anyone—citizen, skeptic, or disgruntled official—may scan a QR code or tap in a reference number. Lo and behold, the blockchain, stalwart and unblinking, pronounces authenticity or, in its silence, exposes the forger’s trembling hand. For in these times, when a few lines of AI code summon falsehoods faster than a KGB typewriter, only the digital chain redeems bureaucratic trust. Or so they hope. 🤖🔗



