[danrl]

"but projects like the State of California’s effort to put auto registration on a blockchain are likely to simplify the painful process of dealing with the Department of Motor Vehicles."

A surprising number of tasks can be performed online already at the CA DMV w/o any crypto or blockchain involvement. The few painful bits include an in-person driving test (“behind the wheel”) which is unlikely to be blockchained away. Then there is photo taking and vision test and some admittedly annoying paperwork if one goes for verification (RealID). How exactly is blockchain helping here?

[phone[phone]]

While the "auto registration on a blockchain" is a bonkers goal, cars themselves don't have to take an in-person driving test (though they do have to have an emissions test that cannot be blockchained away).