The Problem: Hidden Deals, Hidden Dollars
Miami-Dade County spends billions of taxpayer dollars every year. Yet residents have no real way to track where that money goes — which vendors win contracts, which employees are actually working, which projects are actually progressing.
The result? Ghost employees, no-bid contracts, and insider deals that cost residents millions while insiders profit.
The Solution: The Truth Ledger
The Truth Ledger is a blockchain-based transparency system that records every Miami-Dade county transaction over $25,000 on an immutable, publicly accessible blockchain.
- Every contract award, visible to every resident
- Every payment issued, timestamped and permanent
- Every vendor relationship, searchable by name
- No editing. No deletion. No hiding.
How It Works
When any county department signs a contract or issues a payment exceeding $25,000, the transaction data is written to the Truth Ledger blockchain. Residents can search and verify every entry through a public portal — no login required.
The system uses cryptographic hashing to ensure records cannot be altered after the fact. Even county administrators cannot edit historical entries. Every change generates a new entry that references the original.
Why Blockchain?
Traditional databases can be edited by administrators. Spreadsheets can be hidden or selectively disclosed. Paper records can be lost, destroyed, or buried in FOIA delays.
Blockchain creates a permanent, distributed record that no single actor — not a mayor, not a commissioner, not a department head — can secretly alter. That's the only standard Miami-Dade residents deserve.