---
date: 2020-01-07
title: Blockcerts
name: Blockcerts
layout: standards
headings: ["Learning Machine","Blockcerts","Open Badges","Literature","Adoption","Development","Development; Issuing","Development; Demo","Development; Verifiable Credentials","Development; Validation","Development; Verification","Development; Apps"]
description: "Open Standard for Blockchain Certificates"
excerpt: >
  Blockcerts is an open standard for building apps that issue and verify blockchain-based official records. These may include certificates for civic records, academic credentials, professional licenses, workforce development, and more.
  Blockcerts consists of open-source libraries, tools, and mobile apps enabling a decentralized, standards-based, recipient-centric ecosystem, enabling trustless verification through blockchain technologies.
header:
  image: /images/blockcerts-header.webp
permalink: /web-standards/blockcerts/
redirect_from: 
  - /blockchain/bitcoin/blockcerts/
  - /specs-standards/blockcerts/
categories: ["Web Standards"]
tags: ["Bitcoin","Learning Machine","BTCR","Verifiable Credentials","JSON-LD","Ethereum","Blockcerts","RWoT","DHS","DID"]
last_modified_at:  2023-06-02
---