# Build Trust Registries

Trust Registries enable a Relying Party to determine the authenticity and authorization of a legal entity within a digital credential ecosystem. Trust Registries are crucial to establish for production environments, because they allow relying parties to make informed decisions on whether to trust the credentials they receive.

<figure><img src="https://3569764573-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FPVAMvpKH7PYzvXA6u6Cn%2Fuploads%2FjmQa86d5cA2pIb15pK1N%2FIntroduction%20to%20Trust%20Registries.png?alt=media&#x26;token=3eec3e7f-6981-4665-94f5-faf9b5bd20be" alt=""><figcaption><p>Diagram showing how cheqd trust registries are referenced</p></figcaption></figure>

cheqd has **pioneered a industry-leading trust registry solution**, allowing users to **create hierarchical chains of trust, with each trust registry entry being DID-Resolvable**.

## cheqd’s Trust Registry Model

cheqd offers an **industry-leading, decentralized trust registry solution**, allowing issuers to be accredited through **hierarchical chains of trust called Decentralized Trust Chains (DTCs)**. Each entry in the registry is:

* ✅ **DID-resolvable**
* 📜 **Cryptographically signed and verifiable**
* 🌍 **Publicly discoverable using DID-Linked Resources**
* 🔗 **Linked to governance frameworks**

## Learn about cheqd Trust Registries

cheqd enables you to build **Decentralized Trust Chains** — a powerful model for structuring trust in credential ecosystems without relying on centralized authorities or static whitelists.

Using cheqd’s flexible **DID** and **DID-Linked Resource** architecture, trust is established through a chain of cryptographically verifiable credentials:

* **Root Authorizations** define the governance framework and root of trust
* **Verifiable Accreditations** delegate authority to trusted organisations
* 🏷**Verifiable Attestations** **(Credentials)** are issued by accredited entities to end users

Each link in the chain is publicly resolvable, tamper-evident, and policy-bound — forming a complete lineage of trust from issuer to root authority.

Before you begin building, we recommend familiarising yourself with how Decentralized Trust Chains work and the role of each credential type:

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## Get started

Use **cheqd Studio APIs** to define, issue, and publish trust registry entries:

* Create and manage **Root Authorizations**, **Accreditations**, and **Attestations**
* Resolve trust chains in real time using standard DID resolution
* Anchor trust registries on-chain while keeping business logic off-chain

For verification, use TRAIN to validate the trust registry to determine whether an issuer DID is accredited, and what they are accredited for — by traversing the full trust chain to its root.&#x20;

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