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Nation-issued cards

Digital membership cards on a private ledger.

A membership card is the Nation's own statement about who its members are. As a verifiable credential, it can be checked by a partner without a phone call and without the partner seeing more than the card shows. The ledger is a narrow part of it, and we will tell you when a signed card alone is enough.

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// what matters here

What is different in this industry.

Issued by the Nation alone

Only the Nation can issue, renew and revoke its cards. No company or government holds that power.

Nothing personal on the ledger

The ledger holds the Nation's public keys and revocation list. Names and details stay on the member's card and the Nation's own server.

Members choose when to show it

The card lives in a wallet app on the member's phone, and they decide when to present it.

When a signed card is enough

If only one Nation issues and partners check through it, a signed card with a lookup is simpler. A shared ledger helps when several Nations and partners verify each other.

// example projects

Priced examples for this service.

Each one is hypothetical, labelled as such, and priced live from our rate card. Open any of them in the estimator and make it yours.

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Community-issued digital cards

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

A Nation issues its own membership cards on plastic, and partners who need to check membership for a program or discount have to phone the office.

// What we would build

Digital cards issued by the Nation as verifiable credentials that members hold in a wallet app, with the Nation alone able to issue and revoke them, and a private ledger holding only the Nation's public keys and revocation list. A signed card with a lookup service often does the job; the ledger helps when several Nations or partners verify each other's cards.

// What is in it

Cards issued, renewed and revoked only by the Nation
A wallet app for members, in English and the Nation's language
Partners check a card without seeing more than it shows
No personal data on the ledger: only keys and revocations
The Nation's own server for issuing, with records it controls

// Stack

W3C Verifiable Credentials
Hyperledger Indy or Besu (private, permissioned)
React Native
Next.js
AWS Canada

// estimate

Build: ≈ US$134,000 to US$204,000, delivered within 33 weeksCAD 190,200 to 290,900
Hosting: ≈ US$176 a monthCAD 250 a month
Support: ≈ US$2,500 a monthCAD 3,565 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

Timeline by milestone

Discovery: 2.9 to 3.4 weeks
Architecture: 0.4 weeks
Design approved: 3.4 to 4.9 weeks
Data governance rules approved by your council or committee: 2.9 to 5.4 weeks
Core features: 1.4 to 1.9 weeks
Full build: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
First build on devices: 1.9 to 3.4 weeks
Devnet: 1.9 to 3.4 weeks
Testing and fixes: 0.4 weeks
Store submission: 0.4 weeks
Testnet: 2.9 to 3.4 weeks
Language content reviewed by your language keepers: 2.9 to 3.4 weeks
Launch: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Mainnet: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks

Outside our hands, and added to the calendar

App store review: 1 week

How it is paid

Deposit 20%: CAD 38,040 to 58,180
Discovery 4.2%: CAD 7,988.40 to 12,217.80
Architecture 3.1%: CAD 5,896.20 to 9,017.90
Design approved 4.2%: CAD 7,988.40 to 12,217.80
Data governance rules approved by your council or committee 7.7%: CAD 14,645.40 to 22,399.30
Core features 3.5%: CAD 6,657.00 to 10,181.50
Full build 2.3%: CAD 4,374.60 to 6,690.70
First build on devices 9.3%: CAD 17,688.60 to 27,053.70
Devnet 9.4%: CAD 17,878.80 to 27,344.60
Testing and fixes 1.1%: CAD 2,092.20 to 3,199.90
Store submission 3.1%: CAD 5,896.20 to 9,017.90
Testnet 6.2%: CAD 11,792.40 to 18,035.80
Language content reviewed by your language keepers 7.7%: CAD 14,645.40 to 22,399.30
Launch 4.2%: CAD 7,988.40 to 12,217.80
Mainnet 4%: CAD 7,608 to 11,636
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%): CAD 19,020 to 29,090

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// questions

Questions we get about this.

Does a digital card replace a government status card?

No. It is the Nation's own membership card. Government-issued documents are separate and unchanged.

What happens if a member loses their phone?

The Nation revokes the old card and issues a new one to the new device after confirming the member, as it would replace a plastic card.

Can several Nations share the network?

Yes. Each Nation runs its own issuer and keeps its own records; the shared ledger lets partners verify cards from any of them.

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// next

Not quite your project?

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