Easily Issue Trusted, Verifiable Credentials

Professional credentials exist in a verification vacuum. When a nurse applies for a job, employers contact licensing boards—and wait days for confirmation. When a contractor bids a project, verifying their license requires navigating state databases that may be outdated or unavailable. When a university closes, decades of alumni credentials become unverifiable. The systems we rely on for professional verification are fragile, slow, and centralized to failure points.

The defunct issuer problem is existential for credentials. What happens when the licensing board reorganizes? When the certification body goes out of business? When the university closes its doors? Millions of legitimate credentials become orphans—technically valid but practically unverifiable. Professionals carry documentation that employers cannot authenticate. Entire career histories become questionable because the issuing authority no longer exists.

Verification friction creates systemic inefficiencies. Healthcare organizations spend weeks onboarding physicians while licenses are verified. Construction projects stall while contractor certifications are confirmed. Financial services waste resources on manual credential checks that could be instant. The delay between credential issuance and credential verification is measured in days when it should be measured in seconds.

Credential fraud thrives in the gap. Fake diplomas, forged licenses, and fabricated certifications circulate because verification is too slow to catch them. Background check companies provide probabilistic assessments rather than definitive answers. The reputational cost of hiring someone with fraudulent credentials—and the liability—falls on employers who have no reliable way to verify. The credential ecosystem is built on trust that no longer scales.