Yesterday, Legal Daily
reported that a court in Shaoxing gave the first criminal sentence in China based on blockchain stored evidence. The news came to light at a consultation on Wednesday, which revealed that the People’s Court of Shangyu District successfully used distributed ledger technology (DLT) to ensure the evidence was authentic and settle the case.
The case centers on various instances of fraud committed by the defendant. They reportedly acted in multiple Chinese provinces to defraud people out of nearly 10,000 yuan ($1,400). In part thanks to the evidence-storing blockchain’s immutability, the defendant has been sentenced to 14 months in prison.
As the article explains, digital evidence stored conventionally on a CD is more susceptible to data loss. The disc may be damaged or misplaced, while if the data was stored on a centralized system, it could be tampered with more easily. The district’s judicial department previously joined with
Ant Financial to develop a blockchain system for storing evidence.
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