Show up in person
Bring accepted evidence for your jurisdiction. Government ID may be one pathway, but it is not the only possible path; a local volunteer committee reviews the person and evidence in a scheduled session.
How it works
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Three steps to verified, local trust
Receive your credential
If the committee agrees the photo matches the person, you receive a portable credential you control. It is not stored by us, by a company, or by government.
Renew every 45 days
Twelve verified people meet in public to review random photo matches from prior sessions. The balance keeps the system honest.
See the complete proposed lifecycle—from accepted evidence and committee approval to universal 45-day expiry, random peer renewal, and recovery after expiry.
Explore the verification process Read the privacy commitments
Find a committee
Pilot phase — Kelowna and select jurisdictions first
The directory is not live yet. The Kelowna pilot is forming, and there are no open verification sessions at this time.
We will publish availability only after local committees, privacy rules, and scheduling safeguards are ready.
Check committee availability Start one where you live
No identity documents are collected on this page.
Start or join
Help bring Checks and Balances to your community
Review the responsibilities, safeguards, and unfinished formation work before organizing locally.
Start a committee See what verification enables Build with the protocol
Sensitive identity documents are handled in person at a scheduled session, never on this site.
What comes next
Verification can support many tools without becoming their product.
Portable proof of human could support civic participation, accountable applications, community platforms, and human-directed agents without making each service the owner of a person’s identity.
Foundations and roadmap
Local proof is the first layer of a wider civic vision.
Explore the principles behind CBC, Direct Republic, Mirror-State, and Civic SOUL as foundations and roadmap concepts—not as current lifecycle steps.
Policy and record
Read the safeguards and the history.
Privacy and evidence rules remain unfinished. Historical materials are preserved as context and are not presented as independently validated facts.
FAQ
Common questions
Is this a government ID?
No. This is a community credential issued by a local volunteer committee. It is portable and can be used by platforms that choose to accept it.
Who sees my identity documents?
Only the local committee sees them, in person, during a scheduled session. We do not collect or store them on this website.
Why 45 days?
The 45-day balance means the community regularly re-checks the original check. It keeps the credential current and the process accountable.
Can a platform use this instead of its own verification?
Yes. Any platform, union, co-op, or civic tool can accept the credential as one proof among many. It is voluntary and interoperable.