Blockchain technology could be the answer to ensuring a secure identity when digitising areas such as health, education and government services, according to Australia Post Accelerator partner Rick Wingfield. The Australian Government has been looking at ways of using blockchains in its digital services for some time now, with an initial focus on health records being used by the Department of Human Services.
Blockchain technology could be the answer to ensuring a secure identity when digitising areas such as health, education and government services, according to Australia Post Accelerator partner Rick Wingfield. He told delegates at the annual Technology in Government conference that the key to digitising these services was trust, and the use of a public ledger to store data, alongside a "two-key infrastructure" would go a long way toward making digitisation a reality.