Open standards for digital credentials
Open Badges credentials
that stay portable
OpenCredia issues Open Badges 3.0 credentials recipients can keep, share, and prove. Verifiers do not need a closed badge network.
Last updated: September 1, 2026.
The problem
Why portable proof beats a file
Most credentials are easy to share and hard to trust. That is the problem Open Badges 3.0 is meant to solve.
Instead of asking an employer, school, partner, or compliance reviewer to trust a screenshot, the standard gives them a way to check what was earned, who issued it, and whether the proof is real.
For the people running a credential program, that changes the conversation from "here is a file" to "here is proof." For the people earning the credential, it means the thing they worked for is not trapped inside one vendor's profile page.
The stack
What happens after issuance
Anyone can say they support a standard. The harder question is what happens after the credential leaves the original system. Can recipients take it with them? Can outsiders verify it without an account? Does the proof still make sense beyond one hosted profile page?
That is where Open Badges 3.0 matters. It gives a credential a standards-based trust model. Proof does not have to live only inside the product that issued it.
Why it matters
How OpenCredia uses the standard
OpenCredia issues credentials on Open Badges v3 and W3C Verifiable Credential standards. The credential is not locked to a proprietary format. That shows up in a few practical ways:
Portable by default
Recipients keep credentials in a wallet. They can take them beyond one hosted experience.
Public verification
Anyone can check authenticity in a browser. No account required.
API-ready verification
Teams can automate verification through an API when they need to gate a workflow.
Standards-based trust
The proof is signed against open standards. It is not just hosted on a profile page.
Issue once. Recipients keep the proof. Anyone can verify. Open Badges 3.0 is how that proof stays portable beyond one vendor.
FAQs
Questions buyers ask
Spec links for Open Badges v3, W3C Verifiable Credentials, and DIDs are on the homepage Standards section.
Built for the standard, not a checkbox
OpenCredia is built for the full trust loop. Issue once. Recipients keep the proof. Anyone can verify in a browser.