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Fortune
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Leaders in Buenos Aires want to improve citizens’ access to personal documents. They’re turning to blockchain and zero-knowledge proofs

(Credit: Ferrantraite)

Argentina’s capital city is leaning into Web3 with a new blockchain- and zero-knowledge proof-based system that promises citizens faster and more reliable access to their most important government documents.

Buenos Aires’ new service, QuarkID, was created in partnership with blockchain digital identity company Extrimian. Set to be released in October, QuarkID acts as a private decentralized wallet that will give users access to digital and verifiable versions of documents like certificates for birth, marriage, and divorce.

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