Turkey to use blockchain-based digital identity for online public services

Turkey plans to make use of blockchain expertise through the login course of for on-line public companies. E-Devlet, Turkey’s digital authorities portal used to entry a variety of public companies, will use a blockchain-based digital identification to confirm Turkish residents throughout login.

Fuat Oktay, the vp of Turkey, introduced through the Digital Turkey 2023 occasion that residents will be capable of use blockchain-based digital identification to entry e-wallet purposes, Cointelegraph Turkey reported.

Oktay referred to as the blockchain-based software a revolution for e-government efforts, including that on-line companies can be safer and accessible with blockchain. Customers will be capable of hold their digital data on their cell phones.

“With the login system that can work throughout the scope of the e-wallet software, our residents will be capable of enter the e-Devlet with a digital identification created within the blockchain community,” the vp stated.

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Turkey has introduced a number of tasks powered by blockchain over time, however only a few have been realized but. The nation’s plans for a national blockchain infrastructure date again to 2019. Nonetheless, except for some proof-of-concept projects and its central bank digital currency test — executed after a number of delays — its blockchain ambitions have but to bear fruits.

As of January 2020, Turkey’s cultural hub of Konya was growing a “City Coin” project for use by residents to pay for public companies, however no additional updates have been shared with the general public within the final two years.