Biri: Blockchain for Indigenous Rights International

while the modern economy is increasingly technology driven, an “innovation divide” is emerging that threatens to leave many of canada’s indigenous communities behind. managed properly, however, new technologies could help bring them into the 21st-century economy. blockchain, for example, has tremendous potential to build inclusive, trusting, consensus-based relationships between indigenous peoples, governments and the private sector. blockchain for indigenous rights international (biri) is a guildone-spearheaded not for profit that is researching and applying the profound potential of blockchain technologies to encode and effect indigenous entitlements related to land use issues in canada and globally. it will provide a platform for indigenous groups, industry and government in canada to transact in transparency and good faith, ensuring that communities receive their full entitlements quickly and efficiently. it will also provide blockchain skills development for indigenous youth and