Vienna unveils blockchain platform

Vienna has been steadily rolling out blockchain use to validate and secure the city’s Open Government Data, including public transport routes, train schedules and voting results, according to a recent announcement.

The city has been working with EY since December 2017 on a pilot to simplify and automate administrative processes as part of the city’s digitalisation initiative, DigitalCity.Wien.

Until now, 350 datasets have been secured on the blockchain networks. One of the first to be launched in Europe, the networks secure official documents by storing hashes of the data sets on public blockchains, allowing city employees as well as citizens to review the documents’ authenticity, when the...