Simple ProofThe company that timestamps documents using bitcoins recently announced partnerships with El Salvador’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Environment, to help protect the environment.
The blockchain can help government officials to keep track of their records. The announcement was made during the Bitcoin Histórico conference at the National Theatre in San Salvador, where CEO Carlos Toriello presented alongside OpenTimestamps creator and Bitcoin Core Contributor Peter Todd.
El Salvador has continued to be a leader in the application of Bitcoin technology outside financial applications. The two ministries are now registering their official documents in the Bitcoin Blockchain. Verified records can be accessed through government portals.
“Bitcoin is not just digital money — it’s also a clock that no one controls. This allows us to certify with precision the exact moment a document was created, guaranteeing its authenticity and protecting the country’s history forever… We’re helping ensure that the country’s history is preserved intact and can be verified directly on Bitcoin, without intermediaries,” Carlos Toriello is the CEO of Simple Proof. He shared a news release with Bitcoin Magazine.
The company has successfully completed several pilot programs, including one last year. Screven County, Georgia, in the United States And another one in Guatemala where the election of 2023 was directly affected.
Simple Proof’s work in El Salvador prior to this deployment was a success, as the CUBO+ certificates of graduation became the very first official documents recorded in El Salvador on the Bitcoin Blockchain.
You can find the timestamped files of the Ministry of Environment, such as national reports, public files and other documents. blockchain.ambiente.gob.sv. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs can verify institutional records and reports at rree.gob.sv/logros-y-memorias.
In a press release, Peter Todd, who created OpenTimestamps – the protocol and platform used to date critical data stored on the Bitcoin Blockchain – said that: “With a single transaction, we can protect millions of documents without congesting the network or altering its monetary function,” Noting that Bitcoin stores cryptographic hashes and not actual documents.
El Salvador is now a reference in the world for the use of blockchain technology by government.
Information management: enhancing transparency, public confidence, and democratic processes by removing the possibility of document manipulation.
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Source: bitcoinmagazine.com
