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제목: [발언대]“K-팝 이상의 잠재력”…K-DID, 오픈소스로 글로벌 시장 누벼
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기사 본문, 하단 링크 참조:
(https://view.asiae.co.kr/article/2024091110080629110)
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아시아경제 / 이기혁 한국디지털인증협회 회장
원문 : https://view.asiae.co.kr/article/2024091110080629110)
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Subject: "Potential Beyond K-Pop" ...K-DID threads Global Market With Open Source
After K-pop's overseas sales surpassed KRW 1 trillion for the first time last year, exports of "K-Food Plus," which encompasses Korean agri-food and related industries, exceeded KRW 16 trillion. Like K-pop and K-food, which are raising Korea's status, "K-DID," which has huge potential in the tech sector, is drawing attention.
The global market size of decentralized identity authentication (DID), widely known as the implementation of mobile identification cards by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security in Korea, is estimated to grow by about 59% annually and reach about 53 trillion won by 2031.
What is noteworthy is that the Republic of Korea has secured leadership in this field. The Ministry of Public Administration and Security began issuing blockchain-based mobile driver's licenses in 2022, and last year, it began issuing mobile veterans' licenses.
From December, it is scheduled to issue mobile resident registration cards to all citizens. The DID technology applied to the national mobile ID card in Korea establishes data self-sovereign by storing the user's identity information on your smartphone and enables interworking with industries in various fields. The issuance information is checked through the blockchain to verify the trust for such interworking. Issuance information is stored in distributed nodes of the blockchain to prevent any illegal access and forgery.
The Korean government's mobile ID card is the world's first blockchain-based national digital ID card, which is subject to benchmarking in several countries. In fact, in April, World Bank visited RaonSecure, an IT security and certification platform company that established a mobile ID issuance system by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, to discuss ways to spread Korean mobile IDs to developing countries. Several countries, including Indonesia, Costa Rica, and the Philippines, are working with the Korean government to introduce national digital IDs.
Now, the core implementation plan to further enhance the national status by expanding the ecosystem of K-DID around the world is 'open source'. When K-DID technology becomes open source, developers around the world can participate in the K-DID community to improve the completeness of the technology and various K-DID-based services can emerge.
Many developers can strengthen the reliability and transparency of the technology by reviewing and participating in the code. In addition, innovative and creative services can be developed in various industries such as finance, medical care, and education by utilizing the super connectivity and scalability of blockchain. It is not subordinate to a specific device or platform, but endless ideas from various communities such as large companies, startups, and independent developers will be incorporated into DIDs to form a rich ecosystem.
Currently, mobile ID cards using DID technology can safely and easily use non-face-to-face accounts, government civil service services, and educational credentials services. If the private opening expands, mobile ID cards will be available in various living apps such as Samsung Wallet, Naver, Kakao, and Toss, and a richer ecosystem linked to companies' own services is expected.
If global participation is expanded through open sources, more advanced services will be developed. At the B2B level, a new business model based on identity authentication emerges, which can lead to market innovation. If this wide ecosystem is activated around K-DID, Korea's national competitiveness will be further strengthened.
Globally, it is estimated that more than 1.3 billion people do not have identification cards in Southeast Asia and Latin America, and these populations are marginalized from crime protection and welfare. The international community, such as the United Nations and the World Bank, is actively spreading digital IDs.
As advanced countries also passed the era of digital transformation and COVID-19, the demand for digital identity authentication increased. With many countries currently benchmarking Korean-style digital identification, it is the best time for K-DID to take the lead in the global digital ID field.
To this end, activities and support related to K-DID open source, which are being implemented at the government level, should continue, and active cooperation from companies with related technologies is required. Open source will be the key to making the opportunity to raise national status and strengthen national competitiveness a reality through K-DID, which has potential beyond K-pop and K-food.