The first Belgian node of the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI) went live on February 12. The goal of EBSI is to enable cross-border public services within the European Union (EU), with security and privacy.
In 2018, EU member states created the European Blockchain Partnership (EBP) to cooperate and build the EBSI. Currently, the EBP has 30 signatory countries, all the EU states as well as non-EU members UK, Norway and Liechtenstein.
The Belgian node was set up by internet provider Belnet. IT services company Smals is now building the second EBSI node for Belgium.
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