Ethereum pitches public-sector infrastructure for digital identity

Ethereum Foundation has framed Ethereum as a potential base layer for digital public infrastructure, arguing that public services can share digital systems without handing control of the underlying network to a single operator. In a blog post published on 3 November 2026, the foundation said the network’s open-source and publicly verifiable design could help institutions collaborate across organizational and national boundaries while preserving more control over their own policies and systems. The post said the issue is not only technical interoperability, but also governance: who controls the infrastructure that public services depend on.