Fragmented records
Names, identifiers, and source formats don’t always line up. Reliable verification starts by making sure the records belong to the same provider.
HEALTHCARE CREDENTIAL INTELLIGENCE
Credentials change.
Trust needs to
keep up.
Validity is building a decentralized network to verify healthcare provider credentials against source evidence—and measure how reliably that work is done.
IN DEVELOPMENT Built on Bittensor. Designed for healthcare.
THE PATH TO A RELIABLE ANSWER
01Start with the source
NPI identityOIG exclusionsLicensing boards*
Distinct sources. One provider to resolve.
02Do the verification work
MINERS
Find the provider.
Collect the evidence.
VALIDATORS
Test known answers.
Measure reliability.
03Make the answer accountable
Credential statusSource evidenceObservation time
Evidence before confidenceIndependently measured performanceBuilt for changing credentials
01 / WHY VALIDITYA credential check is
A credential check is
a moment in time.
A provider’s identity, license, exclusion status, and registrations live in different systems. A record that was checked yesterday can change tomorrow. Validity’s goal is to connect those pieces with evidence you can inspect.
Changing status
Licenses can lapse and exclusions can appear after an initial check. The planned monitoring service will revisit source records and surface relevant changes.
Answers need evidence
A “clear” result should have support. Validity is designed to keep source references and observation times with each answer, and flag uncertainty for review.
02 / HOW IT WORKSVerification is the work.
Verification is the work.
Evidence is the standard.
Validity brings independent verification operators into one measurable network. The design separates the work customers need from the benchmark used to evaluate miners.
01MINERS
Find the evidence.
Miners are independent operators that build provider lookups and source integrations. They resolve identities, check supported credential records, and return answers with the evidence behind them.
The work: identity resolution + source collection
02VALIDATORS
Measure the work.
Validators evaluate miners against assignments with known answers. The goal is to reward evidence-backed accuracy, account for failed or missing responses, and measure timeliness separately.
The benchmark: correct answers before fast answers
03BITTENSOR
Connect performance to incentives.
Bittensor is the blockchain network that coordinates subnet participants. Validity’s proposed scoring policy translates benchmark performance into on-chain weights that inform network rewards.
The distinction: network rewards ≠ customer revenue
THE PLANNED CUSTOMER PATH
A useful answer, without the network complexity.
A customer gateway will route a provider check to up to three available, eligible miners, compare evidence, and return a result. Conflicting or insufficient evidence should trigger review, rather than an unsupported “clear” result.
- 01Provider check
- 02Eligible miners
- 03Evidence + review
Only known-answer evaluation tasks determine miner scores. Customer queries do not directly change emission weights. The first gateway is planned as a centralized service on top of the decentralized subnet.
03 / WHAT GETS VERIFIEDDifferent questions.
Different questions.
The right source for each.
Identity, licensure, exclusions, and registrations answer different questions. Validity’s proposed coverage starts with NPI identity and OIG exclusions, then expands as additional integrations are validated.
01
NPI / NPPES
Initial developmentProvider identity
Link a provider to their National Provider Identifier and resolve identity across records. An NPI match does not establish an active license.
02
OIG exclusions
Initial developmentExclusion status
Check for a match against the published exclusion list from the Office of Inspector General, with source-version and observation context.
03
State licensing boards
Source-by-source expansionLicense status
Verify licensing records through source-specific integrations. Initial license-change testing uses controlled fixtures; live coverage depends on each board integration.
04
DEA registration
Access requiredRegistration status
Planned verification of applicable registrations, subject to authorized source access. Checking a number’s format is not registration verification.
Source freshness sets the limit. A change can only be detected after the source makes it available; this website does not claim instant detection or nationwide live coverage.
04 / WHO IT’S FORBuilt around the people
Built around the people
responsible for trust.
Healthcare teams need understandable results, not blockchain expertise. The planned product will turn network verification into provider checks, source evidence, and change alerts that fit a review workflow.
Confidence beyond placement.
The initial customer focus: help credentialing teams revisit provider records after placement, identify changes, and retain the evidence needed for follow-up.
A clearer view of the roster.
The longer-term goal: bring supported credential checks into workforce review, with source context and a visible path for ambiguous or conflicting results.
Evidence across the network.
The longer-term goal: help provider-network teams review identity and credential status across their roster, without losing the source behind an answer.
From a one-time check to ongoing monitoring.
The planned monitoring service will recheck customer rosters on a source-aware schedule, record observations, and flag meaningful changes for human review. Customer pilots follow network qualification and validated coverage.
05 / WHERE WE AREBuilt in stages.
Built in stages.
Proven before scale.
Validity is in development. The website shows the product direction and an interactive mock network. Live chain data, production verification, and customer monitoring are not connected yet.
- CURRENT FOCUS
Build the foundation
Define the protocol, source evidence, evaluation policy, and initial NPI / OIG integrations.
- NEXT
Qualify the network
Test the full evaluation loop, verify scoring behavior, and expand coverage through source-specific checks.
- PLANNED
Bring it to real workflows
Pilot the customer gateway and monitoring with staffing agencies before broader rollout.
A WINDOW INTO THE NETWORK
Open the leaderboard See what measurable verification looks like.
Explore mock miner performance and validator details. Rankings, stake, and identities are illustrative.
06 / A FEW MORE DETAILSGood questions.
Good questions.
Clear answers.
What is Validity, in plain English?
Validity is a proposed network for checking healthcare provider credentials against evidence from supported sources. Independent operators do the lookup work, validators measure their performance on known-answer tests, and a planned customer service turns that work into useful verification results.
Why build this on Bittensor?
Bittensor provides a network for coordinating miners, validators, and performance-based incentives. Validity aims to apply that structure to credential verification: operators compete on the quality of their work, while evaluation results inform network weights. A blockchain record alone does not prove a credential is valid—the evidence still matters.
Are the leaderboard and validator details live?
No. The explorer currently uses deterministic mock records for 12 miners and 4 validators. Identities, stake, blocks, trust, and evaluation results are fictional. The application has a separate data-provider layer for a future chain connection, but it is not connected today.
Does every customer query change a miner’s score?
No. The design scores only evaluation assignments with known answers. Customer queries use the verification network, but their volume and results do not directly enter the emission-scoring calculation. This keeps product usage separate from the benchmark used to reward miners.
Will Validity continuously monitor credentials?
That is the planned product direction. A scheduler will revisit customer rosters, preserve source observations, and surface relevant changes. Timing depends on source publication and supported access. Continuous monitoring and live customer alerts have not launched.
Can I use Validity for production credentialing today?
Not yet. Source integrations, evaluation, network qualification, and customer pilots still need to be completed. The website explains the intended product; it does not provide live provider verification or replace the review process of a credentialing team.
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