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Korea to launch blockchain-based vaccine certificate !!
This usecase has become the need of the hour and infact many countries has already launched such an initiative.
we all know about the issues with routine paper / centralised digital Cetificates.
They all can be forged by scrupulous people thus establishing the wrong claims of vaccination and thus creating chaos.
On the other side, genuine people face issues with the privacy that their data (personal and sensitive) might get leaked by the data hacks (similar to the Mobikwik data hack). as a result we are not comfortable with having our data shared / stroed in central servers.
On the top of that, we need to have a certificate system that integrates with other countries as well. A kind of universally accepted authenticated system.
To acheive all these we need to have a technology that fits in to all these requirements and the current legacy systems doesnt have the capabilites to cater to all these requirements.
So why not we can have such a facility to issue these vaccination certificates on the top of Blockchain based platfrom thus providing the enhanced security and Privacy !!
Here in the usecase – Blockchain-based digital health passports are given which provide verifiable credentials based on international standards (W3C)
As a result of this – Citizens travelling to other countries will benefit from reduced Quarantine days and also be assured of their senstive personal information as well (By using ZKF’s !!)
And Yes, All this happens via a Mobile app !
This is from South Korea and Blockchain Labs from the same country !!
Do check the article and let me know your views !!
Yesterday South Korea made several announcements about using a blockchain application to act as a COVID-19 health certificate for vaccinations.
Prime minister Chung Sye-kyun is reported as saying “we have already completed the development of a system that can easily prove vaccination on a smartphone,” according to Yonhapnews.
A major reason for using blockchain is to verify that the vaccine was for a specific person, avoiding a situation where someone photocopies a vaccine certificate and alters the name. Usually, blockchain-based digital health passports provide verifiable credentials based on international standards (W3C). However, the technical details of the Korean version were not released.
That said, a Korean official stated that the health passport was designed to be used in foreign countries and is compliant with common standards used in other countries.
Having an internationally acceptable vaccine certificate may reduce the level of quarantine that travelers need to endure.
The smartphone app will be available later this month, but it is currently being updated to reduce the level of sensitive personal information. People are often reticent to adopt applications where there are privacy concerns.
Korea’s Financial News revealed that the technology is being donated by Blockchain Labs, which developed the InfraBlockchain, a Korean enterprise blockchain solution that launched late last year, targeted at enterprises and public sector applications.
Meanwhile, numerous other COVID-19 health certificate solutions are being rolled out. The State of New York has adopted IBM’s Digital Health Pass. IBM was also part of the winning bid in Germany. And airlines are trialing immunity passport solutions from GE Digital, the ICC’s AOKpass and airline industry body IATA.
Source of this Post – Ledger Insights
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