State of West Bengal to Test Blockchain-Based Birth Certificates
The government hopes that with the help of blockchain technology, the process would become more streamlined in terms of handling administrative operations.
- Aditya Worah
- Aug 28, 2018
The government hopes that with the help of blockchain technology, the process would become more streamlined in terms of handling administrative operations.
Through its Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP), the NRC is using Bitaccess’ latest product, the Catena Blockchain Suite to host its own blockchain explorer on the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS).
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plans to make use of the blockchain technology to verify trade certificates of imported goods.
The NSF has granted a funding of $818,433 for the Open Science Chain, a blockchain project being developed at the University of California-San Diego.
China’s blockchain rankings are an indicator of which platform their government is backing. The latest name to attain the number one rank is that of EOS.
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"This crypto technology offers enormous potential for maintenance, logistics, self-driving vehicles, and specialized solutions such as tamper-proof odometers"
State of Telangana has teamed up with tech giant Tech Mahindra to work towards the development of India’s first-ever ‘Blockchain District’
Banks to realize savings on cross-border settlement transactions of more than $27 billion by the end of 2030, reducing costs by more than 11% per on-chain transaction.
LedgerConnect is IBM's blockchain-based platform for financial services companies. 9 organizations are involved with the project, including Barclays and Citi.