Municipalities increasingly depend on citizens to file digital reports about issues such as potholes or illegal trash dumps to improve their response time. However, the responsible authorities may be incentivized to ignore certain reports, e.g., when addressing them inflicts high costs. In this work, we explore the applicability of blockchain technology to hold authorities accountable regarding filed reports. Our initial assessment indicates that our approach can be extended to benefit citizens and authorities in the future.

翻译：市政当局日益依赖市民通过数字报告反映诸如路面坑洼或非法垃圾堆放等问题，以提升响应速度。然而，相关责任部门可能因处理某些问题成本高昂而有意忽略相关报告。本研究探讨了区块链技术在确保当局对已提交报告负责方面的适用性。初步评估表明，本方法未来可扩展至惠及市民与管理部门。