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# Overview

Status: in development

vSelf verifiable credentials toolkit follows  [W3C standards ](https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model/)for the Verifiable Credentials and [Soul Bound Token](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4105763) concept.

We provide user-friendly tools to create on-chain verifiable credentials. We use the NEAR environment: NEAR provides user identification, communication and [NEP-171](https://nomicon.io/Standards/Tokens/NonFungibleToken/Core) & [NEP-177](https://nomicon.io/Standards/Tokens/NonFungibleToken/Metadata) & [NEP-297](https://nomicon.io/Standards/EventsFormat) NFT [specifications](https://nomicon.io/Standards/Tokens/NonFungibleToken/Core). 

Verifiable credentials use cases consist of (but not limited to):

* User engagement & community growth
* Access management with the ability to share only necessary data
* Trustworthy & transparent reputation system based on verifiable credentials
* Universal user identifier based on verifiable profile presentation 
* Base for ethical data market