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The Government Blockchain That’s Already Live (And Scaling)

Swiss Ledger blockchain is turning municipal digital infrastructure into a real-world, production-grade public good — and Lugano is the first city to prove it works at scale. In this episode of On the Block, we speak with Dr. Lorenzo Barisone, Statistics and Data Innovation Manager at the City of Lugano, about how a local pandemic-era initiative evolved into Swiss Ledger: a public-private, EVM-compatible blockchain ecosystem powering payments, document certification, tokenization pilots, and now — financial infrastructure ambitions across Switzerland. What started in 2020 as the Lugano Blockchain Initiative led to the launch of LUGA — a city-level payment token now used by 500+ merchants and 45,000+ active wallets. But the real story goes beyond payments. You’ll hear how Lugano: ➡️ Built Swiss Ledger (formerly 3A Chain) as a consortium-based blockchain ➡️ Designed governance that balances public oversight with private innovation ➡️ Uses Proof of Authority for performance, compliance, and regulatory alignment ➡️ Anchors daily to Ethereum and Bitcoin for additional verifiability ➡️ Launched Verify Lugano to certify public documents on-chain ➡️ Attracted real private-sector use cases (KYC/KYB, art certification, sports data, waste traceability, tokenization pilots) ➡️ Is now targeting banking and finance to enable nationwide adoption. This conversation is not about blockchain theory. It’s about implementation — public administration operating a blockchain infrastructure, onboarding institutions, working with regulators, and building long-term adoption through a living-lab model. If you’re a fintech founder, banking executive, policymaker, innovation lead, Web3 builder, or infrastructure strategist — this episode shows what institutional blockchain looks like when it moves beyond pilots. Want to explore Swiss Ledger? 🌐 Official website: https://ledger.swiss/en 📄 Whitepapers, research papers, governance documentation available on the site. If you’re building in banking, fintech, tokenization, compliance-heavy environments, or public-sector digital infrastructure — and want to explore collaboration within the Swiss Ledger ecosystem — reach out directly through the official page. 🔔 Subscribe for more:    / @espeosoftware   🔗 Connect with Dominik on LinkedIn:   / dzyskowski   🔗 Connect with Lorenzo Barisone on LinkedIn:   / lorenzo-barisone-phd-5b72a1159   00:00:00 – Introduction to Swiss Ledger and Dr. Lorenzo Barisone 00:01:00 – Why Lugano launched a blockchain initiative in 2020 00:02:08 – LUGA payment token: structure, adoption, and 500+ merchants 00:03:30 – Public vs private roles inside the ecosystem 00:04:30 – From 3A Chain to Swiss Ledger: why scale beyond local 00:08:57 – Verify Lugano: blockchain-based document authentication 00:11:44 – 10% cashback model and circular merchant incentives 00:14:00 – Paying municipal taxes with LUGA, Bitcoin, and USDT 00:17:07 – Fraud prevention, AI compliance layer, and security model 00:19:45 – Finternet (BIS) and digital infrastructure as a public good 00:21:20 – Why banking & finance is critical for nationwide adoption 00:26:20 – Who can join Swiss Ledger and how governance works 00:29:00 – Why Proof of Authority was selected 00:36:00 – EVM compatibility and anchoring to Ethereum & Bitcoin 00:38:13 – Private-sector use cases already live on Swiss Ledger 00:43:20 – Moving from pilots to real adoption: Lugano Living Lab 00:49:00 – Lessons learned after six years of execution 00:49:46 – How to join and where to learn more