Offering passengers a digital health pass to certify they are Covid-free before travel is seen as the key to resuming international travel. That is really what blockchain technology brings to us: verified credentials in a decentralized way. Two key partners who are signed on to test IBM’s digital health pass are the National Institutes of Health (NIH)—part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services—and Salesforce. This is tantamount to a major endorsement of blockchain technology by corporate America in 2020. Embedded in the cover of each passport is an RFID chip that contains basic information on the passport itself, as well as a digital picture that matches the picture on the passport’s first page.

Source: Forbes December 22, 2020 21:22 UTC