Getting Started with the Indelible Standard¶

Introduction¶

Indelible lets you establish verifiable, on-chain proof of authorship for digital content. The core of the Indelible Standard is the attestation, a cryptographic record that ties a piece of content to an on-chain "Authority," or news organization, at a specific point in time, secured by the TAANQ smart contract.

There are two ways to start creating attestations, depending on how much control you want over the process:

Indelible API (fastest & free for pilot partners)

A hosted service handles CID computation and on-chain transactions for you, no blockchain required.

Doing it yourself (fully independent)

Integrate directly with the TAANQ smart contract using the indelible npm package for full control.

Once you've created attestations, you can verify content against them and embed attestations on your site.

Using the Indelible API¶

Publishers can use the Indelible Publisher API without running any blockchain infrastructure themselves. You send it an API key and some content; it computes the content's IPFS CID, queues the commit/reveal transactions, and signs them with a secure platform key to which your organization has delegated.

Doing It Yourself¶

Use the indelible npm package to interact with the TAANQ smart contract directly from your own code. This is the best option if you want to build your own custom interface, integrate with other protocols, or have full control over the attestation process.

Integrating with HTMLData¶

Tell browser-based verifiers that your content has been certified with IndelibleTAANQ using our custom HTMLData tags.

Next steps¶

Contact us at indelible.world for more information.