South Korea’s Crypto-Friendly Island Selects ICON for Coronavirus Tracing App

ICON, a South Korean player in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space, announced that Jeju Island, the country’s most popular domestic tourist destination, will use its Decentralized Identity (‘DID’) blockchain technology to provide private, secure COVID-19 contact tracing to the island’s 15 million annual visitors. Visitors will use a mobile app to check into tourist destinations and businesses on Jeju Island, with their data, kept private unless a COVID-19 case is discovered, noted the release.

It added that Jeju Islands has taken “strong” measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, realizing early on the importance of strengthening its contact tracing capabilities while ensuring the privacy of its residents and visitors: Jong-hyup Kim, the CEO of ICONLOOP, said that the cooperation with Jeju Island is opened new possibilities for real-life application of blockchain DID authentication in the post-COVID-19 era. All visitors arrivals on Jeju Island, it noted, are required to download the Zzeung mobile app and verify their identity using a Korean telecom service.

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