{"id":53987,"date":"2025-10-14T03:44:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T03:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emilynews.com\/blog\/?p=53987"},"modified":"2025-10-14T03:44:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T03:44:21","slug":"bhutan-migrates-its-national-id-system-to-ethereum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilynews.com\/blog\/?p=53987","title":{"rendered":"Bhutan migrates its national ID system to Ethereum?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kingdom of Bhutan has tapped Ethereum to store the national identities of its roughly 800,000 citizens, leveraging the network\u2019s immutability and decentralization.<\/p>\n<p>The South Asian nation of Bhutan is migrating its self-sovereign ID system to Ethereum from Polygon, allowing its nearly 800,000 residents to verify their identities and access government services.<\/p>\n<p>The integration with Ethereum has been completed, while the migration of all resident credentials is expected to finish by the first quarter of 2026, according to Ethereum Foundation President Aya Miyaguchi, who joined Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin at the launch ceremony with Bhutan\u2019s prime minister, Tshering Tobgay, and crown prince, Jigme Namgyel Wangchuk.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-10\/0199dffc-e9e4-7b16-89d1-0a4ee90b48a8\" \/><figcaption><em>Source: <\/em><em>Aya Miyaguchi<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s deeply inspiring to see a nation commit to empowering its citizens with self-sovereign identity,\u201d Miyaguchi posted to X on Monday, adding that the Ethereum integration was a world-first.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\"><p>\u201cThis milestone marks not only a national achievement but a global step toward a more open and secure digital future for the long term.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Integrating a blockchain-based solution into a government\u2019s national ID system has long been touted as a promising crypto use case, due to its immutability, transparency and privacy features, particularly when zero-knowledge proofs are implemented.<\/p>\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-2040516-17948350\" class=\"mb-4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Byte-Sized Insight by Cointelegraph, Crypto ETFs in focus: Are altcoins next for SEC approval?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2040516\/episodes\/17948350-crypto-etfs-in-focus-are-altcoins-next-for-sec-approval?client_source=small_player&amp;iframe=true&amp;referrer=https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2040516\/17948350.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-2040516-17948350&amp;player=small\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Ethereum is Bhutan\u2019s third blockchain national ID solution<\/h2>\n<p>Bhutan previously ran its national ID system on Polygon from August 2024 and Hyperledger Indy before that. Brazil and Vietnam are among the few other countries that have partially integrated blockchain-based self-sovereign identity solutions to date.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <\/strong><\/em><em><strong>Crypto funds attract $3.2B inflows despite Friday\u2019s flash crash<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-10\/0199dffc-eddf-7e91-97c7-db86f2d9b8bd\" \/><figcaption><em>Source: <\/em><em>Timour Kosters<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Miyaguchi noted that Bhutan\u2019s National Digital Identity and GovTech teams played a crucial role in the Ethereum integration, as well as other contributors in the Bhutan crypto community.<\/p>\n<h2>Bhutan has been stacking Bitcoin<\/h2>\n<p>Bhutan \u2014 a country that measures national progress by Gross National Happiness \u2014 has quietly become a leader in crypto adoption in recent years. It is currently the fifth-largest Bitcoin-holding nation-state, having amassed its holdings through mining using renewable energy at its Himalayan hydropower dams.<\/p>\n<p>It currently holds 11,286 Bitcoin worth $1.31 billion, trailing only the US, China, the UK, and Ukraine, BitBo\u2019s Bitcoin Treasuries data shows.<\/p>\n<p>Bhutan may also be exploring other crypto initiatives, having met with former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao in late September \u2014 though the details of their discussions were not disclosed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pay in #BNB using @Binance Pay in Bhutan\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf9, nice and easy. \ud83d\ude0f pic.twitter.com\/B5p3YolJjJ<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CZ \ud83d\udd36 BNB (@cz_binance) September 29, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>*********************************<\/p>\n<p>Be the first to get most important HYIP news everyday!<br \/>\nSimply Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EmilyNewsOnline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">EN Facebook<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/CryptoHyipsEN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong style=\"color: #c03939; text-decoration: underline;\">EN Telegram<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmilyHyipNews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 1.3em;\">EN Twitter<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nor Subscribe to <strong><a style=\"color: #c03939; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=Emilynews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EN Feedburner<\/a><\/strong> and submit your email address!<\/p>\n<p>If you like this article and want to support EN \u2013 please share it by using at least few of social media buttons below. 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