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Homepage > News > Business > Bhutan integrates its national digital identity with Ethereum Bhutan has successfully integrated its National Digital Identity (NDI) platform with Ethereum and plans to fully migrate to Ethereum from its current Polygon-based system by early next year. On October 13, the Himalayan nation’s public broadcaster, the Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS), reported that Druk Holding and Investments (DHI), the commercial and investment arm of the Royal Government of Bhutan, had decided to move to Ethereum because it needs a strong blockchain network to make the NDI safe and quick. “So far, we have been using a blockchain provided by Polygon. By moving to Ethereum, we are further strengthening the security of our digital identity,” said Jigme Tenzing, the Secretary of the GovTech Agency, according to the BBS report. “This transition cements both the security and stability of our digital identity.” Bhutan’s NDI was launched nationwide on October 13, 2023, as a “cutting-edge digital identity solution,” to provide secure and verifiable identity-related credentials to its over 727,000 citizens. The NDI ecosystem was designed based on the principles of self-sovereign identity (SSI), a digital identity approach that allows individuals control over the information they use to prove their identity to websites, services, and applications across the web. Commenting on the NDI’s latest update, Ethereum Foundation President Aya Miyaguchi said on X that “Bhutan celebrates a historic milestone, becoming the first nation to anchor its national digital identity system on Ethereum.” Miyaguchi and Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin attended the launch ceremony in Bhutan, which was also graced by the country’s nine-year-old crown prince, Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, who became Bhutan’s first digital citizen in 2023. “It’s deeply inspiring to see a nation commit to empowering its citizens with self-sovereign identity,” said Miyaguchi on X. “This milestone marks not only a…

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