IBM and Smart Dubai, the organization dedicated to guiding Dubai’s technological transformation, have announced the launch of the Dubai Blockchain Platform.
The platform is part of the emirate’s aim to have a paperless government by 2021. Dubai, a leading proponent of blockchain, unveiled the Dubai Blockchain Strategy in 2016 with IBM as the official partner. Since then the city has launched numerous blockchain projects including roads and transport, energy, healthcare and education.
Smart Dubai aims to offer government digitized services to citizens and business and at the same time keep the data in-country. The ultimate purpose is for the platform to handle all applicable government transactions.
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