“Truly innovative projects are those that allow access of all agents of the ecosystem to the most modern technologies and exponents, in all its forms. This is what we are building at the Polo Multimodal: through the use of innovative engineering we will promote the true social revolution,” states Polo Multimodal, the firm building a “Smart Chain City” on Brazil’s northeast coast. “Smart Chain City” may be a new term for many, who may also see it as a crude amalgamation of “smart city” and “blockchain”. That’s exactly what a smart chain city is, a smart city that utilizes blockchain to provide greater transparency, cybersecuirty, and efficiency to a host of urban, business, and social systems. Large-scale blockchain deployments are not new, in fact Estonia and Singapore have already established national level pilot projects built on the technology. Polo Multimodal, however, is pushing the “Smart Chain City” title to differentiate it’s self from the rest. […]