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2024.12.02News Release

Participated in Fukuoka Blockchain Alliance 2024 and introduced QAQA-BO

BLOCKSMITH&Co. (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Tetsuya Sanada) participated in the "Fukuoka Blockchain Alliance 2024" event held on November 20, 2024. During the event, the company, in collaboration with Shibuya Web3 University Co., Ltd. (Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Hajime Kitamura), demonstrated a disaster preparedness solution for municipalities called "QAQA-BO."


Event Overview


The "Fukuoka Blockchain Alliance 2024" event was organized to promote the development of Iizuka City into a leading blockchain hub. The event featured presentations from companies utilizing blockchain technology and showcased advanced case studies of blockchain implementation in society.

About Presentation

BLOCKSMITH&Co., together with Shibuya Web3 University, conducted demonstrations of "QAQA-BO," including interactive quizzes and panel displays. Attendees, including Iizuka City officials, experienced disaster preparedness learning through quizzes firsthand. The company aims to strengthen collaborations with municipalities to enhance regional disaster resilience.



About QAQA-BO

"QAQA-BO" is designed to integrate disaster preparedness into daily life, addressing the longstanding challenge of normalizing disaster awareness. It combines BLOCKSMITH&Co.'s quiz video SNS "QAQA" with insights from Shibuya Web3 University's "Perfect Disaster Support DAO" project. The solution offers customized content tailored to the unique characteristics of each municipality, enabling residents to enhance their disaster preparedness regularly.


▼Key Features of QAQA-BO

  • Daily Enhancement of Disaster Awareness: With an intuitive user interface, users can enjoy learning about disaster preparedness through quizzes, making it a part of their daily routine.
  • Support Aligned with Municipal Disaster Strategies: "QAQA-BO" designs unique daily disaster preparedness content considering each municipality's regional characteristics and past disaster history, supporting both officials and residents in enhancing their disaster awareness.
     

▼Expected Benefits of Daily Disaster Preparedness Habits

  • Improved immediate response capabilities during disasters
  • Significant increase in continuous participation in disaster preparedness activities
  • Overall enhancement of regional disaster resilience
  • Strengthening of municipal disaster preparedness branding, positively influencing migration and corporate attraction
     

About QAQA

'QAQA' is a user-generated vertical short video quiz app where users can create and answer quizzes, accumulate in-game currency "CHIP" through consecutive correct answers, and exchange "CHIP" for the cryptocurrency "BLQS." Currently in its beta version, 'QAQA' allows individuals and companies to convey their messages through accessible vertical quiz videos. To date, 18 companies have participated in various collaborations, and we continue to seek new partners.

 

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≪About BLOCKSMITH&Co.≫

Company Name: BLOCKSMITH&Co.
President and CEO: Tetsuya Sanada
Establishment: April 1, 2022
Capital: 14,999,950 JPY
Head office: Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-6122
Business: Development and distribution of products such as blockchain technology and crypto assets utilising NFTs
URL:https://www.blocksmithand.co.jp/en/ 


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