Seoul to Implement Blockchain in Citizen Cards
The South Korean city of Seoul will implement blockchain technology in its citizen cards. Park Won-soon, the mayor of Seoul, announced his plans to provide new services combining innovative technologies such as AI and blockchain based on the world’s best ICT infrastructure.
Park Won-soon, the mayor of Seoul, has participated in the ongoing event Korea Future Forum (KFF) 2019 & Blockchain Tech Show, reporting on the city’s achievements in embracing major technologies including blockchain and artificial intelligence.
“The value of data has become more important than ever before. Seoul City will collect urban and administrative data based on the world’s best ICT infrastructure and combine it with innovative technologies such as AI and block chains to provide new services that have not been available before”. Park said.
By 2022, about 50,000 city data sensors will be installed throughout Seoul to collect city phenomena and civic behaviour data, and plan to fuse with private data. It is said that it will create new data and lead the development of the data industry.
Park said, “One of the global issues today is smart city, which uses innovative technology to lead the future society such as blockchain, big data, and AI. The city of Seoul has already provided innovative administrative services based on the blockchain. We have built a system that prevents blocking and tampering in the whole process of mobile voting by incorporating block chaining technology into mobile voting system embossing,” and added “Block Chain Technology is applied to Chang’anpyeong Used Car Trading Complex, which trades 10,000 units a year. We have built a system that can transparently manage the condition of the car, the contract of sale, and the performance information.”
“We will implement a block-chain integrated authentication system in Seoul Citizen’s card and expand the base for easy access to various administrative services. We will do our best to enhance citizen’s utilization rate and convenience through linkage with ZeroPay” He said.
Finally, There is a saying that ‘the future is one of the preparer’. Seoul City will make the leap into the world’s best ‘smart city’ that will transform the paradigm of urban administration based on innovative technologies such as blockchain and big data.
