The mayor of Seoul, South Korea, Park Won-soon, has said that the city wants to create “S-Coin,” which could be used as a payment method for city-funded social programs, according to CoinDesk.
Big blockchain dreams: Cryptocurrency trading is already extremely popular in South Korea, and S-Coin is part of a larger vision for Seoul. Last year, the city hired Samsung SDS, a subsidiary of Samsung that offers technical consulting services, to help it come up with a strategy for “blockchain-based municipal innovation,” according to CoinDesk.
But first: Park says certain local laws need to be changed before S-Coin can launch.
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