The Indian Railways will implement blockchain for NFT tickets in collaboration with Chaincode Consulting, on the upcoming MahaKumbh Mela to be held in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. This is one of the sacred Hindu events which happens every 12 years, and in the year 2025, it will attract over 450 million devotees.
Announced on January 13 via X, the collaboration with IRCTC will utilize the Polygon blockchain in developing NFTs-an affordable and ecologically viable blockchain for scaling. These NFTs would be available on the NFTtrace platform, which improves traceability in tickets and thus ensures safety in travel.
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It stitches real-world assets with blockchain technology, taking the experience for over 1.2 million daily passengers using IRCTC to a whole new level. The NFT tickets would be not just special souvenirs for the passengers but can also be publicly verified on blockchain by authorities or the general public.
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The 2025 MahaKumbh promises to be an international spectacle, with celebrity appearances by Richard Gere, David Lynch, and the Dalai Lama. Indeed, a very progressive initiative that will raise the stakes for India in mingling its rich tradition with cutting-edge technology-a promising future for NFT and crypto adoption.
