Operator Admission

Apply to Join the Certifyd Network

Run a sovereign node, prove your capabilities, and become discoverable to creators looking for trusted identity, content, commerce, settlement, and proof services.

1Run Node
2Meet Requirements
3Submit Node
4Eligibility Check
5Become Discoverable

Open Participation

Anyone can run a sovereign Certifyd node.

Public map placement is not automatic. Nodes must publish valid public identity, reachable metadata, and provider capability signals before creators can rely on them for provisioning.

Conditional Discoverability

Eligibility protects creator trust.

The Network Map filters incomplete, unreachable, or non-provisionable nodes. This is not gatekeeping; it is public discoverability based on capability.

Capability Checklist

Provisionable providers expose creator-safe services and connection fields.

Identity serviceContent serviceCommerce serviceSettlement serviceProof serviceReachable public routeProvider public keyCanonical provider URL

A node must provide

  • Provider URL
  • Provider Node ID
  • Provider Public Key
  • Provider Profile ID if available
  • Reachable public metadata
  • Identity capability
  • Content capability
  • Proof capability
  • Commerce/settlement status

A node should also provide

  • Country / Region
  • Operator name
  • Public profile
  • Proof history
  • Stable canonical URL

Eligibility Checker

Check public discoverability

Enter your canonical provider URL. The checker reads public metadata only from `/api/network/nodes`.