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Document authenticity & verificationIn development

Blockchain Document Trust System

Check that a document, digital or printed, is genuine and unchanged, using trusted records kept on a blockchain.

  • Trust
  • Transparency
  • Protection against manipulation
  • Works for paper too
Illustration of blockchain document trust: a chain of hexagonal blocks with hashes, a fingerprint in the centre block and an integrity-verified badge.
The problem it addresses

Documents can be altered or forged after they are issued

Certificates, letters and official records circulate as files and printouts. Once they leave the issuer, a recipient has little way of knowing whether what they hold is genuine and unchanged.

What we are building

BDTS in plain terms

BDTS is designed to help organisations, and the people they serve, confirm that a document is authentic and has not been altered. When a document is issued, a trusted record of its identity, key details and integrity information is kept on a blockchain. Later, anyone with the right access can check an electronic file, or scan a QR code on a printed copy, and see whether the document still matches its trusted record. The system is currently in development and is designed to connect with authorised institutional systems.

What it enables you to do

  1. 1Verify electronic documents against their trusted record
  2. 2Verify printed or hardcopy documents by scanning a QR code
  3. 3Detect unauthorised changes to a document’s content
  4. 4Check document details such as the issuer, date and reference
  5. 5Keep a trusted record of where a document came from and whether it is intact
  6. 6Connect with authorised institutional systems that issue or check documents
Status
In development
Delivery
Adapted to each organisation
Solution type
Document trust & verification system
Verifies
Electronic files and printed copies (QR code)
Technology
Trusted document records kept on a blockchain

Every enterprise solution we deliver is adapted to the organisation that uses it. You bring the requirement; we design, build and deliver, drawing on the solutions we have already developed. Client references for this solution are available upon enquiry.

Blockchain keeps the reference record of a document tamper-evident; it does not, on its own, prevent every form of document fraud. BDTS combines it with institutional controls over who may issue and verify documents.

Benefits to your organisation

What BDTS changes for you

  • Trust

    Recipients can check a document for themselves instead of taking it on faith or calling the issuer.

  • Transparency

    The record of a document’s origin and integrity is kept in a form that is very difficult to alter unnoticed.

  • Protection against manipulation

    Changes to a document’s content or details show up when it is checked.

  • Works for paper too

    A QR code lets a printed copy be checked as easily as an electronic one.

How it is designed to work

What BDTS does

Schematic system view · illustrative interface

  • Electronic verification

    Check a digital document against the trusted record created when it was issued.

  • QR verification

    Scan a printed or hardcopy document to check it against its record.

  • Tamper detection

    Identify documents whose content no longer matches what was recorded.

  • Metadata verification

    Confirm document details such as issuer, date and reference number.

  • Trusted origin records

    A durable record of who issued a document and its integrity information.

  • Institutional integration

    Designed to connect with authorised systems that issue or verify documents.

Designed for:Government institutionsCertifying bodiesEnterprises
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Interested in BDTS when it is ready?

Tell us about the documents you issue or verify and we will keep you informed as the system develops and discuss how it could connect with your institution.