Nayana, Gangwon Province's Integrated Service Platform Built on ICONLOOP DID Technology, Officially Launches
April 18, 2022, Seoul — ICONLOOP (CEO JH Kim), a leading Korean blockchain company, announced the official launch of Nayana, Gangwon Province's integrated service platform built on the company's DID (Decentralized Identifier) technology.
Nayana is Korea's first blockchain-based integrated service platform providing administrative and e-commerce services. Built on 87 categories of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's public MyData, including resident registration, it lets users conveniently access a wide range of services with a single authentication. Nayana is part of a project whose vision is the digital transformation of all Gangwon residents, its entire economy, and all provincial administration; development began in May last year, with a consortium of Douzone Bizon and ICONLOOP working with the provincial government.
ICONLOOP applied its DID technology to Nayana to simplify previously complex application processes and required documentation, and to enable expansion beyond resident cards into finance and other fields through integrated online and offline identity verification. When a DID is issued through Nayana, users can see at a glance the administrative services suited to them, based on the data they provide and their own settings. The company also plans to extend the range of services available to users of existing DID services such as Gangwon Health Up.
Ahead of the official launch, more than 3,000 Gangwon residents downloaded and used the Nayana beta application listed on Google Play and the Apple App Store during roughly two weeks of pilot operation from April 1, taking part in development by offering feedback for improvement.
With the official launch, the services available through Nayana include the electronic resident card, remote subsidies (basic childcare allowance, farming and fishing allowance, disaster relief funds), personalized service recommendations, electronic voting (policy participation and surveys), e-commerce (Gangwon The Mall), and messaging, chat, and stories. In the second half of this year, coverage is set to expand to library membership cards, tourist site access, and services specific to individual cities and counties.
Alongside the launch, a signing ceremony was held on the morning of the 18th at Douzone Bizon's Gangchon campus to promote the spread and development of Nayana. Attendees included Gangwon Governor Moonsoon Choi, Chuncheon Deputy Mayor Jinpyo Jeon, Douzone Bizon Chairman Yongwoo Kim, ICONLOOP CEO JH Kim, and representatives of SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus, who demonstrated the service and agreed to cooperate on promoting the Nayana application and expanding its services.
"The launch of Nayana marks the starting point of genuine digital transformation, in that residents can now enjoy more convenient and secure administrative services through a DID-based integrated service platform," said ICONLOOP CEO JH Kim. "We will continue to do our utmost for the digital transformation of all Gangwon residents, its entire economy, and all provincial administration, through the continued expansion of DID infrastructure."
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