Philippines Launches Blockchain Budget System Despite Polygon Outage

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The Philippines has taken a major step forward in its digital transformation, launching a new blockchain-based system for validating govt. documents. The rollout went ahead as planned, even as the Polygon network it runs on faced a temporary outage. 

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Blockchain Launch Pushes Through Despite Glitch

The new system was launched on the Polygon network, on the same day it experienced a brief disruption caused by a bug in its Heimdall v2 client. Although some services were affected, the network continued processing blocks, and the issue was resolved within hours.

Government officials were undeterred. They emphasized that short-term issues would not hold back long-term progress. The move highlights the Philippines’ commitment to building a more secure and efficient digital infrastructure.