A tamper-evident, cryptographically signed digital credential expressing claims made by an issuer about a subject.
A Verifiable Credential (VC) is a digital representation of physical credentials (e.g. driver license, ISO certificate, tax registration) that is cryptographically sealed by an authorized issuer, tamper-evident, and instantly verifiable by third parties without contacting the issuer.
Used to represent Carrier Community Licenses, CMR insurance policies, and ISO 14083 carbon audit attestations on-chain.
JSON-LD format cryptographically signed via ECDSA or Ed25519, verifiable using the issuer's public DID Document.
A Verifiable Credential is valid only within the issuer's declared validity timeframe and authority scope.