The Philippines has launched a blockchain-based transparency system for public works and highways after massive protests over alleged corruption in billions of flood control projects.
Developed by Bayanichain Ventures, Integrity Chain recorded its DPWH agreement on Wednesday and was announced as a platform that projects milestones into the tamper-proof ledger.
The goal is to “turn government records into immutable, verifiable, openly verified digital public assets.” Decryption.
Expansion from DPWH to other institutions could later help “protect the entire Philippine annual budget,” he said, with an estimated roughly $98 billion.
The project was part of a broader effort to restructure accountability across all sectors and all pesos, calling it “permanent, measurable and inevitable.”
“Public trusts are rebuilt not in promises, but in systems that allow the citizens to verify the results themselves,” he added.
The rollout marks the 53rd anniversary of martial law declared by former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., the current president's father, as a result of a massive protest attracting an estimated 130,000 people on September 21. The declaration is remembered for widespread human rights violations, censorship and corruption.
The protest called for accountability after revelation of high contracts, substandard construction and ghost projects in the country's flood control program under DPWH surveillance.
More than $33 billion has been allocated to flood control projects for 15 years, according to the report. Australia Institute of International Studies.
On-chain citizen accountability
Similar to Previous implementation At the Budget Administration, Integrity Chain ingests data directly from the DPWH system, incorporating each contract, budget release, and project milestones as digital public assets.
As an orchestration layer, Prismo manages data processing, encryption, and verification. The platform runs on Polygon's Proof-of-Stake network. This is an Ethereum-compatible scaling solution that acts as its consensus and transparency layer.
According to Gerowon, Chief Growth Director and Co-Founder of Bayani Chain, records are locked in chains before reaching independent Validators, so they lock in on-chain before reaching independent Validators. Decryption.
Validators include among other sectors, such as independent civic organizations, non-governmental organizations, universities, and media groups. These validators record their own actions as public records to maintain accountability and review and prove their entries.
The validator keys are “hardware set up, rotated periodically and assigned to reviews through randomization. Each validator action “records the on-chain as its own public asset, ensuring that fraud or bias is transparently recorded,” Wong explained.
Asked about safeguards, Wong pointed out a model of voice for one organisation in the framework. Over 40 non-governmental organizations participated in the launch, providing a “broad and diverse foundation for citizen accountability,” he added.
