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# Verifiable Credential (VC)

As per [W3C Credentials Data Model specfiation v1.1](https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model/):

**What is credential?**

> Credentials are a part of our daily lives; driver's licenses are used to assert that we are capable of operating a motor vehicle, university degrees can be used to assert our level of education, and government-issued passports enable us to travel between countries

**What is verifiable credential**

> A digital credential document which is represented in a way that is cryptographically secure, privacy respecting, and machine-verifiable.

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