South Korea to Launch Blockchain App to Store COVID-19 Vaccination Data – Bits Media

South Korea plans to launch blockchain app to validate COVID-19 vaccination data, which will make it easier to travel to other countries during a pandemic.

South Korea made several announcements about the use of the app late last week. On the blockchain to confirm vaccination data from Covid-19. According to the publication of Yonhapnews, Prime Minister of the country Chung Ce Kyun (Chung Sye-Kyun) stated, that “development of the system, which can easily confirm vaccination through a mobile application on the blockchain, Already completed ".

The main reason for using the blockchain is the ability to make sure, that a particular person actually underwent vaccination, and make it impossible to use fake certificates. Typically, blockchain -based digital passports provide verified data based on international standards. However, the technical details of the Korean version were not disclosed.

The Prime Minister said, that the health passport was developed for use in foreign countries and meets generally accepted standards, applied in other states. The presence of an international vaccination certificate can reduce the length of the quarantine, which must be observed by travelers.

The smartphone application will be available this month. Now the developers are updating it, To reduce the amount of confidential information used. The local publication Financial News reported, that the technology was provided by Blockchain Labs, which developed Infrablockchain - Korean corporate decision on the blockchain, launched at the end of last year and intended for enterprises and applications of the public sector.

Recall, that at the beginning of last month, the governor of New York Andrew Kuomo (Andrew Cuomo) announced the pilot program for testing the application on the IBM blockchain to store vaccination data and confirm the results of tests on the Covid-19.