UAE migrates national digital identity vault to Avalanche
Tech & Launches ·
The UAE's telecom and digital government regulator is moving the blockchain layer behind its UAEPASS Digital Vault to an Avalanche L1, upgrading infrastructure that underpins identity services for millions.
The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority is behind the shift, according to a report. UAEPASS, the national digital identity system, serves about 12.5 million citizens, residents and visitors, and provides access to more than 15,000 services across the country. Over 350 government and private-sector entities rely on the platform, making it one of the more heavily used identity systems tied to a public blockchain deployment.
The Digital Vault component of UAEPASS is the specific piece being migrated. It stores verified documents and credentials that citizens and residents use to authenticate themselves across government and private services. Moving this component to an Avalanche L1 is intended to improve scalability and performance as the number of users and connected services continues to grow, per the report.
The move is corroborated by a separate account describing the UAE government's selection of Avalanche for integration into the national UAE PASS digital identity system, indicating the migration has been confirmed through more than one channel. Together, the two accounts point to a government-level decision rather than a pilot or limited trial confined to a single agency.
What remains unclear from the available material is the technical architecture of the new Avalanche L1 itself — details such as validator composition, timeline for full migration, and whether other components of UAEPASS beyond the Digital Vault will also move to the new infrastructure are not specified. It is also not stated whether the transition is already complete or still underway, nor how the 350 entities integrated with UAEPASS will be affected operationally during the switch. Further disclosures from the regulator or additional reporting would be needed to clarify the rollout timeline and scope.