I come from a country where the rigging of election is very common among top politicians, and am sure we all know how important voting is when it comes to the issue of making sure there is fair representation and equal voice in the process of decision making. This issue of potential rigging and lack of transparency has gone a long way to discourage a lot of people from voting at all since they were of the belief that their votes doesn't count. I think blockchain will be very useful in this area because it will help promote transparency, address security issues, which in turn makes rigging impossible and bring fairness to voting and decision making. I think the registration and eligibility of voters can be done manually. After confirming that a voter is eligible, the voter can then be assigned a private key which will alllow them to be able to vote only once. With this, I think we should have a free and fair election.

Farming in my locality is the major occupation and in my family farming is our major source of income my parents are hard core farmers and for me farming is not just an occupation it’s has become passionate for me reason I applied to study agricultural science in college and taking this course is an eye opener for me on how farmers in my locality can benefit from this technology. Farming is an essential means of survival for every economy and farmers are the major source of sustenance for every economy my major is we don’t get actual value for our labor. Government and third party bodies has come around to implement policies to help purchase farm products in bulk to encourage farmers but with my exposure the entire process is not transparent and to me its fraudulent. They buy from us at a low rate as third parties and sell at high rates, they sometimes come back to complain of product spoilage and ask for refunds that is a loss to the farmer. Blockchain technology can aid the recording of farm produce value, weight and possibly record lifespan before spoilage from time of harvest and also through smart contracts with a blockchain enabled weigh machine carried out by the details of farm products stored on the blockchain creating an automated payment issuing directly to farmers. This can be carried out through a dapp that also houses a wallet also tied to the entire process to enable direct payment to farmers.

Last week an America rapper by name nipsey hussle who represented hope for his society and community, who embarked on projects to help young ones in the community get technological skills to aid them attain great technological heights was murdered at about noon by a young folk who had possession of fire arms. Arms proliferation has grown to become a big issue in the society and further more we find arms in the possession of wrong persons and this leads to senseless killings, I believe blockchain technology can help reduce arms proliferation through recording every bit of transaction involved in arms distribution from production to licensing of dealers and distributors, transportation and final purchase recorded on the blockchain through developing a blockchain system for tracking how arms are distributed and ensuring folks underaged do not purchase guns and also criminals do not have access to arms and illegal purchases through blockchain enabled identification and if criminals get possession or arms are used wrongly it would be able to trace through how this arms got to the wrong hands to aid investigation purposes, it becomes easier to bring the criminal to book. Also the application smart contracts would be useful here also, imagine if information is stored to the blockchain, licensing of dealers, distribution checks and purchase is recorded and carried out using blockchain technology and smart contracts our society can become safe. Nipsey is just one of those who was affected by this menace,blockchain technology could help reduce this menace.