Seoul Metropolitan Government To Integrate Blockchain In The Administration Services

The Metropolitan Government of Seoul, South Korea, has issued a few letters of appointments to the Blockchain Governance Team so they integrate the blockchain technology into the city’s administrative services according to the crypto news coming from the blockchain networks company ICON.

The Blockchain Governance Team was formed by the Metropolitan Government itself, hoping to investigate the benefits of the blockchain technology across multiple areas in the administration including document verification and contract payment.

The team has approximately 100 participants between the ages of 20 to 75 including developers, corporate employees, and students in order to test the pilot version of the blockchain-based administration services. The team members should comment and provide recommendations until December 2020.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government chose the public blockchain of the firm ICON that will reportedly fight against falsification. The council member of the ICON Foundation and CEO of ICONLOOP, J.H. Kim said that the company hopes that it will see an increase in public blockchain use cases that are organized by the government and that the appointment letter issuance is a good starting point.

The Yeongdeungpo-gu administrative district in Seoul has announced back in January that it aims to strengthen the transparency in the administrative services by applying a blockchain-based system. The district also hopes to expand the system through the entire department as well as other districts and municipalities.

The same month, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration of South Korea (DAPA) launched a blockchain application pilot for the defense industry and the government ministry is now looking to provide grants for each project.