• Brazil's Sao Paulo has adopted a new law recognizing blockchain technology as a tool for government operations. • The law acknowledges the potential of blockchain to improve data accessibility and openness. • The law's author, Maria De Carli, defended the broad terminology used to describe blockchain technology in the text. Brazil's Sao Paulo has recently adopted a new municipal data and transparency law that recognizes blockchain technology as a tool that may be utilized to facilitate government operations. This is an important step towards the recognition of blockchain technology as a tool that may be used by governments to...