The world's first national identity system built on Self-Sovereign Identity.
Empowering citizens, government, and the private sector to interact securely in a digital-first economy.
Bhutan NDI is the national digital identity program of the Kingdom of Bhutan -- pioneering a decentralized trust ecosystem inspired by the vision of His Majesty the King. It is the first country-scale deployment of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI), giving citizens full control over their personal data and digital credentials.
The platform enables trusted interactions across government services, telecommunications, banking, and enterprise -- powering use cases like verified eKYC, passwordless authentication, digital signatures, and credential issuance, all anchored on Ethereum for long-term security and resilience.
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Self-Sovereignty Users have total control over their personal data and digital credentials. No centralized authority holds or manages identity on behalf of citizens. |
Privacy by Design Zero-knowledge proofs and selective disclosure ensure users share only what is necessary -- on a strict need-to-know basis. |
Decentralized Trust Distributed ledger architecture eliminates single points of failure. DIDs are anchored to Ethereum's globally distributed validator network. |
| Layer | Technology |
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| Blockchain | Ethereum -- DIDs anchored on a globally distributed validator network |
| Credentials | W3C Verifiable Credentials 2.0, Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) |
| Protocols | DIDComm for secure peer-to-peer communication |
| Frameworks | Credo-TS, Aries RFCs |
| DID Methods | did:ethr via ethr-credo-module, did:polygon via polygon-did-resolver |
| Mobile | React Native SDK for the citizen wallet app |
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Platform | Core decentralized identity and verifiable credentials platform. Handles schemas, credential definitions, connections, and organizational workflows. |
Agent Controller | Backend orchestration service that manages identity agent interactions and business logic across the Bhutan NDI ecosystem. |
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Studio | Modern web interface built with Astro, Flowbite, and Tailwind for configuring, managing, and visualizing identity workflows. |
Mediator | An Aries-compliant DIDComm mediator enabling secure, asynchronous communication between identity agents. |
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Mobile SDK | React Native SDK powering the Bhutan NDI citizen wallet app -- available on Google Play and the App Store. |
Ethereum Module | Credo module for |
We work with organizations and institutions across the globe to advance the standards of digital identity:
W3C -- GLEIF -- Trust over IP (ToIP) -- DIACC -- ID4Africa -- Internet Identity Workshop -- KaiOS
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