Australian Government Taps Blockchain In A New Driver License Digitization Initiative

The New South Wales (NSW) government in Australia has recently shifted to blockchain for a state-wide test of its driver license digitization program that is scheduled to kick off in November this year.

As the government officially announced on August 20th, they will conduct a pilot for a new driver license digitization program that will include 140,000 license holders and underpin the initiative to secure their data in a distributed fashion. For this program, the government has partnered with an Australian IT firm named Secure Logic, which will help its mission to fully digitize driver licenses as we know them.
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The blockchain network, on the other hand, is called TrustGrid and has already been trialed in a pilot of the scheme conducted in the state’s Dubbo city last year, as ZDNet reported on Monday.

The goal of the new program is clear – using a distributed network to authenticate and fully store the driver license data – allowing users to present their digital credentials with a mobile application. With this, they won’t need to carry physical licenses to prove their ages and identities, as everything will be checked via an app.

This initiative also follows a bill passed in May 2018 that granted the legality of government projects that seek to let residents present license data in a digital way, without the need of carrying their government-issued licenses. The scheme is in line with the country’s overall goal of adopting blockchain and distributed ledger technology as part of the Digital Economy Initiative.