Often used interchangeably with credential verification. Older PDF-style certificates require contacting the issuer; verifiable credentials do not.
Certificate verification is the process of confirming that a certificate or credential is genuine — that it was issued by the named issuer, that it has not been altered since issue, and that it is still valid. With traditional PDF certificates, verification means contacting the issuer and asking them to confirm.
With verifiable credentials, verification is built into the artefact. A recruiter or employer can check a credential in seconds, independently, without contacting Ewance, the issuing university, or anyone else. The cryptography handles the proof; the issuer is no longer a gate.
Every credential Ewance issues is a verifiable credential anchored on Ethereum L2 by LearnCoin. A recruiter clicks the credential URL and sees the brief, the deliverable, the rubric assessment, the issue date, and a cryptographic confirmation that the artefact has not been tampered with — without Ewance involved in the verification at all.
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