Blockchain for Academic Credentials — Part 3 of 3: The Patterns Across Parts 1 and 2, a theme kept surfacing: most of a credential system runs on digital signatures, and the blockchain only shows up in a few specific places. This final part makes that precise. “Blockchain diploma verification” isn’t one architecture — it’s three,…
Blockchain for Academic Credentials — Part 2 of 3: The Architecture In Part 1 I argued that diploma verification barely needs a blockchain, and that the hard problem is trust, not tampering. Now let’s look at how the system actually works — because once you see the moving parts, you’ll understand exactly where (and whether)…
Blockchain for Academic Credentials — Part 1 of 3: A Reality Check Every few months, someone rediscovers a great startup idea: use blockchain to stop diploma fraud. Credentials get forged, employers can’t easily verify them, and blockchain is tamper-proof — so surely this is a match made in heaven. I thought so too, until I…