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Philippines Launches Blockchain Verification for Budget Documents on Polygon

A new portal mints budget orders as NFTs on the Polygon network to provide a tamper-proof record for public validation

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Overview

  • The Department of Budget and Management officially rolled out the system on July 30, 2025 under Project Marissa
  • Government officials confirm the platform accepts QR codes and reference codes for real-time authentication of Special Allotment Release Orders and Notices of Cash Allocation
  • Approved budgetary documents are issued as non-fungible tokens to create unique, permanent records on-chain
  • Cryptographic hashes stored on Polygon ensure tamper-proof verification that counters AI-generated forgeries
  • The system launch proceeded without interruption despite a brief Heimdall consensus layer outage on Polygon