What is a Verifiable Credential A Verifiable Credential (VC) is a cryptographically secure, tamper-evident digital-twin of paper documents. A Verifiable Credential possesses the same attributes as a paper-based credential — subject, issuing authority, credential type, attributes, evidence, and constraints — but is more trustworthy and secure in a digital format. A full list of benefits…

What is Linked Data? Linked Data provides meaning to existing data, allowing systems to integrate without additional human interpretation. How Linked Data turns Messages into Data A well-designed system — one that is developer-friendly with an intuitive integration process — still requires a significant amount of interpretation to map itself to another organization. …

Originally published at https://tradecustomslogistics.net on July 7, 2022. One estimate shows that global container shipping generates 28.5 billion paper documents a year. Yearly, paper bills of lading cost an estimated $11 billion and still only 1.2% of bills of lading were electronic by the end of 2021. Modernizing the trade…

Identity plays a critical role in supply chains. Stakeholders place value on unambiguous identifiers for governments, organizations, people, devices, and assets. …

Verifiable Presentations (VPs) are an under-defined part of the Verifiable Credential (VC) ecosystem. This is a problem because presentations are a critical part of making a viable, working, useful credential ecosystem. Imagine graduating from a university and not being able to receive your degree in the mail. Or being asked…

The last 2 years specifically have highlighted the need to secure our supply chains for sustained movement of goods from origin to destination. At Transmute, our team has been working to fortify digital trust in the supply chain by enabling use of verified credentials and decentralized identifiers. …

Transmute, the Verifiable Data Platform for global trade, is proud to announce that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued Patent №11,050,572 titled, “Systems and Methods for a Decentralized Data Authentication Platform.” …

This case study describes supply chain innovation work completed by GS1, GS1 US, and GS1 Canada and Transmute during the second half of 2021. — About GS1: GS1 is a neutral, not-for-profit organisation that develops and maintains the most widely used global standards for efficient business communication. GS1 is best known for the barcode, named by the BBC as one of “the 50 things that made the world economy”. GS1 standards improve the efficiency, safety…