The United Arab Emirates’ Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) has announced a major infrastructure upgrade for its national UAEPASS Digital Vault, migrating the system to a dedicated Avalanche Layer 1 (L1) blockchain.
BREAKING: The UAE is using Avalanche to power its national digital identity infrastructure, serving 12M+ people
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National Scale Identity Verification Upgrades to Avalanche
UAEPASS functions as the UAE’s central digital identity system, allowing more than 12.5 million citizens, residents, and visitors to authenticate identities, sign official documents, and access over 15,000 public and private services online. More than 350 government ministries and private-sector organizations currently rely on the ecosystem.
The Digital Vault component enables users to request, store, and share official verifiable credentials, such as university degrees, trade licenses, and utility records, directly with institutions. By shifting the vault’s cryptographic storage and sharing mechanics to Avalanche, TDRA aims to ensure long-term scalability and predictable performance across the country’s entire digital administration ecosystem.
Dedicated Infrastructure and Reusable Credentials
Traditional identity verification relies heavily on physical paper, notarization, and repetitive manual checks by separate organizations. The UAEPASS Digital Vault resolves this friction by establishing a single point of issuance. When a government ministry issues a credential on the blockchain, receiving institutions like commercial banks or universities can instantly verify its authenticity through a simple cryptographic lookup, entirely eliminating duplicated compliance work.
To maintain national-grade reliability, TDRA deployed the Digital Vault on a dedicated Avalanche L1 rather than relying on shared public blockspace. Operating a sovereign chain ensures that network capacity and transaction speeds remain unaffected by external blockchain congestion. Furthermore, TDRA retains structural control over network permissioning, validator configurations, and data privacy compliance. This architecture delivers immediate settlement, allowing counter-level and online onboarding processes to finalize in seconds rather than days.
This deployment mirrors similar institutional blockchain adoption globally. The California Department of Motor Vehicles digitized 42 million vehicle titles on a dedicated Avalanche L1 to streamline vehicle transfers. The convergence of federal authorities in both North America and the Middle East highlights a broader shift toward sovereign L1 networks for critical public record keeping. By solving the institutional trust problem through a centralized identity issuer, the UAE’s upgraded Digital Vault allows millions of users to carry reusable, portable credentials across hundreds of integrated entities seamlessly.
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