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Verification levels

Your verification level describes how thoroughly your identity has been checked. Services ask for the level they need — and get nothing beyond it.

There are four levels. Each is earned by completing stronger checks, and each unlocks more. A service checking your identity learns your level and the answer it asked for — never the evidence behind it.

Unverified

You have a wallet, but no identity checks have been completed yet.

Evidence required

  • None — this is where every wallet starts.

What it unlocks

  • Browsing services that accept the wallet
  • Activities that do not need identity checks

Basic

Early checks have passed. This level can support a limited claim when a specific service asks for it and you choose to present it.

Evidence required

  • Basic identity details you enter yourself
  • A verification session that passes the network's early checks

What it unlocks

  • A specific offer's disclosed proof request, when the current service supports it
  • Other services that do not require VEID remain available

Standard

Most services ask for this

A verification scope has been completed. Original identity document images and full OCR output stay on your device; only separately approved derived data may be submitted.

Evidence required

  • Local document capture and OCR; the source images stay on your device
  • User-reviewed, minimum derived fields only if separately approved for submission
  • Any separately requested biometric scope follows its own consent notice

What it unlocks

  • Age and attribute proofs (for example, proving you are over 18)
  • An individual marketplace offer's disclosed proof request, where supported
  • Listings that do not require VEID remain available

Trusted

Strongest assurance

The strongest level: everything in Standard, plus hardware-backed biometric checks, device integrity attestation, and a sustained verification history.

Evidence required

  • Everything required for Standard
  • Fingerprint or iris capture through your phone's secure hardware
  • Device integrity attestation (Google Play Integrity or Apple App Attest)
  • A history of successful verification over time

What it unlocks

  • Protocol roles or services with separately disclosed, supported proof requirements
  • A specific offer's disclosed higher-assurance proof request; not a universal marketplace gate

How levels change

  • Levels go up when you complete stronger checks — for example adding hardware biometrics to move toward Trusted.
  • Levels can go stale if evidence ages — an expired document means the related claims need re-verification.
  • Levels go down if you revoke the consent a level depended on — revoking biometric consent withdraws biometric verification.

The network recalculates your level from the evidence it has verified. There is no manual override and no way to buy a level — for anyone.

The design explores trusted processing for approved derived data, while keeping source images local. Actual protection depends on the selected deployment, code and key controls. Production scoring and device integrations need independent assessment before real use.

For services

If you run a service and want to check verification levels, see for services — verifiers receive a level and a result, never documents.