Licensing

Parent: Registries & Records

Description

Licenses and permits (professional, trade).

Summary

Proof of authorization.

Challenges

Renewal and continuing education or compliance are hard to track across many license types. Portability—using a license in another jurisdiction—is limited. Verification by employers or clients is often manual; revocation (e.g. disciplinary action) must be visible to relying parties.

Opportunities

Verifiable credentials for licenses enable instant, portable verification without centralised lookups. Attestations can link license to identity and to continuing compliance. Revocation registries or status lists can be anchored on-chain; interoperability supports labour mobility and cross-border recognition.

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Proof of concepts

  • Georgia land registry pilot
    (2016)· mixed

    Early government blockchain experiment for land title integrity.

  • EBSI diploma use case
    (2024)· Ethereum

    European diploma verification on EBSI.

  • Digital business registry pilots
    (2023)· Various

    Verified legal entity attributes for trade and KYC.

References & proof of concepts