{"id":89863,"date":"2025-10-14T10:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T07:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=89863"},"modified":"2025-10-14T10:30:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T07:30:15","slug":"bhutan-to-transition-national-id-system-to-ethereum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bhutan-to-transition-national-id-system-to-ethereum\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhutan to Transition National ID System to Ethereum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kingdom of Bhutan will transfer its national digital identification system (NDI) from <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-polygon-matic\">Polygon<\/a> to Ethereum. Authorities cited a desire to enhance data security, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbs.bt\/234365\/\">BBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The process will begin with the integration of NDI with Ethereum. The full transition of the platform is expected by the first quarter of 2026. The project was initially launched on Polygon in August 2024.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cBy transitioning to Ethereum, we further strengthen the security of our digital identification,\u201d stated GovTech Secretary Jigme Tenzing.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>NDI employs self-sovereign identification technology, allowing nearly 800,000 residents to store and transmit digital credentials for access to online services.<\/p>\n<p>The launch ceremony was attended by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and Ethereum Foundation President Aya Miyaguchi. She described Bhutan as the first country to \u201canchor its national digital identification system on Ethereum.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/ Today, Bhutan celebrates a historic milestone, becoming the first nation to anchor its national digital identity system on Ethereum. \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf9<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalikButerin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VitalikButerin<\/a> and I were honored to join the launch ceremony on behalf of the Ethereum community, graced by His Royal Highness. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KA4tOYbsJ4\">pic.twitter.com\/KA4tOYbsJ4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aya Miyaguchi (@AyaMiyagotchi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AyaMiyagotchi\/status\/1977798764485361966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Miyaguchi added that this move brings us closer to \u201ca more open and secure digital future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcointreasuries.net\/\">BitcoinTreasuries<\/a>, Bhutan ranks sixth globally in terms of bitcoin reserves. The country holds 6,371 BTC.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Back in July, the government <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bhutan-transfers-512-btc-to-binance\">transferred<\/a> 512 BTC to Binance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhutan will transfer its national digital identification system from Polygon to Ethereum, aiming to enhance data security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Bhutan shifts its national ID system to Ethereum for better security.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1676,46,605,1264],"class_list":["post-89863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bhutan","tag-ethereum","tag-identification","tag-polygon-matic"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"270","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Bhutan shifts its national ID system to Ethereum for better security.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89865,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89863\/revisions\/89865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}