Verifiable credentials are digitally signed claims — a qualification, a licence, an age, an employment status — that the holder stores and presents. A verifier can confirm the issuer's signature cryptographically without contacting them, and selective disclosure allows proving one fact without revealing the whole document.
Prove the claim, not the document
Today, proving you are over eighteen usually means handing over a document containing your full name, address and date of birth. The verifier learns far more than they needed, stores it, and becomes a target. Selective disclosure removes that: the holder proves the specific claim and nothing else.
This matters most where the same credential is presented repeatedly to parties who should not accumulate personal data. It is a privacy improvement first and a convenience improvement second, and it is worth framing that way with stakeholders.
Process
How we deliver it
Process flow for Digital identity & credentials
01
Model the credential
Claims, issuer authority, validity period and revocation.
02
Choose the standard
W3C Verifiable Credentials and DID method selection.
03
Build issuance
Signing infrastructure and secure key management.
04
Build the holder experience
Wallet or app where credentials are stored and shown.
05
Build verification
Signature checking, revocation lookup and selective disclosure.
Deliverables
What you receive
Credential schema and issuance infrastructure
Holder wallet or app integration
Verifier interface with selective disclosure support
Revocation registry and status checking
Key management and recovery procedures
Engagement shape
Twelve to twenty-four weeks. This is a standards-heavy area and we scope a pilot cohort before full rollout.
Stack decisions follow the problem. This is where we usually start, not a fixed menu.
Frequently asked
Questions we get about this
Is this compatible with Aadhaar or DigiLocker?
They solve overlapping problems in different ways, and integration depends on the specific use case and the permissions available to you. We assess interoperability during design rather than assuming it, because getting this wrong late is costly.
What if someone loses their phone?
Recovery is the hardest part of these systems and must be designed up front. Options include issuer-assisted reissuance, backup key escrow and social recovery, each with different security and usability trade-offs. Any system without a recovery answer will fail in the field.
Talk it through before you commit
A discovery call is a working session on your constraint, not a sales pitch.
