We’re excited to announce that we’ve just released a beta of our Verify Protocol! The Verify protocol, described in detail in our whitepaper is now released to the Ethereum Ropsten testnet. This release precedes an Ethereum Mainnet release that is planned for the end of this year.
How it Works
The release is comprised of 4 primary parts:
- Verify API ⚙️: a NodeJS server that handles user authentication, email receipts and notifications as well as various other transactional duties. It also handles integrations with 3rd party stores like Shopify.
- Dashboard 📊: a hosted, React-powered service that allows sellers to perform basic order management, configuration and integration with 3rd party services. This is deployed here.
- Checkout ⌨️: a simple drop-in script that allows web integrations with Verify using just a few lines of code. Check out a demo store that uses it here [Desktop browser with Metamask required].
- Smart Contracts📜 [open source]: the contracts that receive cryptocurrencies (initially only ETH and a select few ERC20 compatible tokens)
Open Source
We’ve open sourced the test contract, and we also plan on releasing the production contract once we’re ready for Mainnet. We also plan to release the source code for the Dashboard and Checkout solutions later this year.
Release before you’re ready
There are a lot of things we’d like to add to this release, but we’ve favored releasing early instead of holding back till it’s perfect. These include:
- Support for other wallets (not just Metamask)
- Responsive design for the checkout screen
- Integrations/plugins with shopping carts
We’ll be planning these into future product releases.
Final Note
While we have raised doubts about the suitability of crypto in it’s current state for use in commerce, we felt that it was important to deliver on the promises we mentioned in our white paper. We will monitor uptake on this solution as well as the Verify Payments fiat solution and continue to invest our efforts where they deliver the greatest return.
Thank you for being a part of our journey! We will continue to work hard to deliver on our mission.
