✅Issue Credentials and Presentations

Issue and manage Verifiable Credentials and Presentations, signed by cheqd Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs).

Verifiable Credentials are a tamper-evident data format for asserting a set of claims about a subject. You can issue and verify Verifiable Credentials and Presentations without building complex integrations, using our simple cheqd Studio APIs.

📚 Learn about Verifiable Credentials and Presentations

If you want to learn more about what Verifiable Credentials and Presentations are, please go over to our learning site here.

What options do I have for issuing credentials anchored on cheqd?

There are many different ways to issue verifiable credentials signed by DIDs anchored on cheqd, with options for easy integration (e.g. cheqd Studio) and more bespoke integrations (e.g. Credo and Veramo). Below are a list of options for issuing credentials with cheqd underneath:

Partner SaaS products

You can use SaaS products from our partners to create best-in-class credential ecosystems, built on cheqd:

Get started with cheqd Studio

Make sure you've set up your account with cheqd Studio and created your first DID, then you can start to:

Issue Credentials

Issue W3C conformant Verifiable Credentials easily over REST API.

Verify Credentials

Verify whether Credentials are valid, have been tampered or have expired.

Verify Presentations

Verify whether a combination of Credentials are valid, have been tampered or have expired.

Supported Credential types

cheqd supports all four major digital Credential types via its selection of SDKs and APIs. Below you can learn about these Credential formats:

SD-JWT

Selective Disclosure JWT (SD-JWT) is the most commonly adopted credential format for European Digital Identity Ecosystems, allowing users to selectively disclose which attributes they would like to share in a presentation.

JSON (JWT)

JSON Web Token (JWT) Credentials are a simple way to transmit Trusted Data as a JSON object.

JSON-LD

JSON-LD (Linked Data) Credentials are a richer data format, allowing applications to follow embedded links to other pieces of Linked Data across the web.

AnonCreds

AnonCreds is a credential format maintained by the Hyperledger Foundation, with functionality for zero knowledge proofs (ZKPs) and selective disclosure.