ProofTap is an open mobile platform that connects valuable physical items, products, credentials, certificates, licenses, diplomas, and other important records to permanent, publicly verifiable blockchain records using accessible NFC technology.

Available soon on iOS and Android devices with NFC support, ProofTap allows anyone — from global enterprises, manufacturers, universities, schools, government agencies, marketplaces, and licensing authorities to independent creators, collectors, resellers, and hobbyists — to create and access secure digital records with a simple tap of their phone or tablet.

Built on the Cardano blockchain — a peer-reviewed public blockchain recognized for its security, decentralization, and long-term reliability — ProofTap provides industry-grade blockchain verification without requiring users to fully understand crypto or blockchain technology.

By tapping an NFC-enabled product, item, credential, or record, users can instantly view blockchain-backed information such as provenance details, condition snapshots, authentication events, repair history, manufacturing information, issuance records, certification details, license information, credential verification, inspection records, supply chain events, and other important lifecycle records tied to the product, credential, or record over time.

Unlike closed databases or centralized verification systems, ProofTap is designed as open infrastructure. Records are publicly verifiable, tamper-resistant, and built to remain accessible over time, helping valuable products, physical items, credentials, certificates, licenses, and other important records carry trusted digital provenance and verification throughout their lifecycle and beyond.

ProofTap also introduces optional patent-pending crypto bonding technology — a new type of blockchain-backed value layer that can add accountability, collectability, and economic friction to products, physical assets, credentials, certificates, licenses, and other verifiable records.

Brands, creators, institutions, agencies, and organizations can attach redeemable collectible digital assets and/or cryptocurrency to blockchain records as NFT bonds or cryptocurrency bonds, transforming products, physical items, credentials, and certificates into verifiable, blockchain-connected experiences.

These blockchain-backed bonds help add serious friction against counterfeit, misleading, or fraudulent resale and verification activity while also creating premium ownership experiences, enhanced collectability, stronger institutional trust, and deeper long-term engagement beyond traditional authentication alone.

Whether you’re a luxury brand, manufacturer, supply chain operator, musical instrument builder, artist, university, school, training organization, licensing authority, government agency, reseller, collector, marketplace, or enthusiast, ProofTap provides an easy, open foundation for trusted digital provenance, product authentication, credential verification, lifecycle tracking, counterfeit resistance, and blockchain-connected experiences in the physical world.

What ProofTap Provides

• NFC-powered verification with a simple phone tap (or backup webpage/blockchain search portal verification)

• Permanent blockchain-backed product, item, credential, and record verification

• Publicly verifiable provenance and lifecycle history

• Support for products, physical assets, certificates, diplomas, licenses, credentials, inspections, repairs, and other important records

• Supply chain, product authentication, provenance, and counterfeit-resistance applications

• Credential, certification, license, diploma, and institutional record verification

• Built on Cardano, one of the world’s most secure and decentralized public blockchains

• Open access for enterprises, brands, institutions, agencies, collectors, and hobbyists

• Optional blockchain-powered collectability and value-add features

• Patent-pending counterfeit-resistance and lifecycle accountability mechanisms

• Cross-platform mobile access on iOS and Android