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Thailand’s courts to use blockchain for documents

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Yesterday Thailand’s Office of the Court of Justice announced its plan to develop a blockchain network, currently under construction. The latest move comes as it transitions to becoming a Digital Court in 2020. 

The network will be used to collect information for courts throughout Thailand, 91% of which are overseen by the Thai Court of Justice. The next step in its development is the training of court personnel, with Thailand expecting to be able to use the blockchain system as early as next year. 

Despite the Office of the Court of Justice claiming it is the ‘first government agency in the world’ to use this type of system, China is already rather familiar with the use of blockchain in its courts.

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