How we verify
Verification means more than a checkmark. Here's exactly how a claim on KredVault becomes verified — and how anyone can check it.
Four steps from claim to confirmation.
Capture
You log a career accomplishment in your private notebook: a project shipped, a metric hit, a role held, dates, scope.
Request
You send a verification request to someone who saw the work happen — a former manager, client, peer, or witness. They get an email with a link.
Confirm
The verifier opens the link, reviews your claim, and confirms (or declines) what they remember. They sign the confirmation digitally — no account required.
Sealed
Once confirmed, the credential is sealed. The verifier's confirmation stays attached to the claim, forever. You can share it. Anyone can check it.
Anyone can verify a credential. No KredVault account needed.
Each verified credential has a public verification link. Recruiters, hiring managers, clients, journalists — anyone curious can check that the credential is authentic. No sign-up. No paywall. No “trust us” — they trust the verifier.
For the technically curious — what makes credentials tamper-proof?
Every verified credential is signed using Ed25519 cryptographic keys. Once sealed, the credential can't be edited, faked, or backdated. Anyone can independently verify a credential's signature against KredVault's public keys, which are published at /.well-known/kredvault-signing-keys.json.
Technical specs:
- Signature algorithm: Ed25519 (RFC 8032)
- Key publication: JWKS-style endpoint at
/.well-known/kredvault-signing-keys.json - Verification: each sealed credential's signature can be checked against the corresponding public key without contacting KredVault servers
- Public verification page: every credential has a
/verify/by-hash/[hash]route that anyone can hit to re-confirm the signature
If you'd like to write a verification client or audit our approach, we'd love to hear from you. Contact →
How is this different from a LinkedIn endorsement or a background check?
LinkedIn endorsements
- Anyone can endorse anything
- No accountability for claim accuracy
- Lives on LinkedIn's terms
Traditional background checks
- Slow, expensive (days to weeks)
- Limited to facts an employer chooses to confirm
- Requires HR cooperation each time
KredVault verifications
- Each verification confirmed by a specific named person
- Cryptographically signed and tamper-proof
- Owned by you, portable across employers, instant to share
KredVault isn't a replacement for LinkedIn or for formal background checks. It's a third layer — verified peer confirmation that lives between casual social proof and expensive institutional verification.
Your data, your control.
Verifications are private by default. You decide which credentials become public on your profile. Verifiers see only the specific claim they're confirming — never your full notebook. We never sell user data. Read the Privacy Policy → and Terms of Service →.
Open to scrutiny.
We're transparent about how this works because we built KredVault to be checkable. If you find a flaw in our verification approach, write a verification client that catches edge cases, or want to audit our public keys — please contact us. We'd rather know.
Build a career portfolio that proves itself.
Free to start. No credit card. Your credentials stay yours.