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Case Study · Verifiable Identity

HALO Platform

A blockchain-anchored professional identity platform that gives justice-impacted workers a verifiable, portable career record they own — anchored to Base L2.

Role
Primary builder
Type
Web app · partner-integrated identity platform
Status
Pre-release · core flows working
API
Versioned at /api/v1/
HALO

Resume claims and background checks fail the people who need them most.

Background checks and resume claims are unreliable, and the people most penalized by that — formerly incarcerated and other justice-impacted professionals — have the least leverage to push back. A verified work history typically lives inside one employer's HR system, not with the person who earned it.

Replace 'trust me' with a verifiable trust ledger.

HALO is a cryptographically verifiable trust ledger of endorsements, achievements, and employment events. Identity travels with the person, not the employer. Today the persistence is Firestore; the Base L2 anchoring is on the roadmap. The validation API is namespaced at /api/v1/ from day one — a deliberate choice for a platform that expects partner integrations.

The design language — Digital Alchemy: deep obsidian + digital gold — is built in Tailwind v4 and Framer Motion to feel as serious as the mission.

Primary builder.

  • Authenticated profiles, onboarding, dashboard, and the organization-and-invite system with notifications.
  • Validation API consumed by partner HR systems via HMAC-signed cross-system verification (Ficticious HR is the first integration).
  • Firebase Auth with Google OAuth, Firestore data layer, Firebase App Hosting deployment with emulator wiring for local dev.
  • Wrote the platform's full developer documentation set — architecture, vision/scope, API docs, AI developer guide — to scale the build beyond a single contributor.

What it's built on.

Frontend
Next.js 16 · React 19 · Tailwind 4 · Framer Motion 12
Backend
Next.js Route Handlers · /api/v1/ versioned
Database
Firestore · Firebase Auth · Firebase Storage
Hosting
Firebase App Hosting · emulators wired for local dev
Blockchain
Base L2 (roadmap) · cryptographic trust ledger
Partners
HMAC-signed validation API · Ficticious HR integration

Active build with real partner integration.

HALO is pre-release but the core platform flows are working: profiles, login, profile editing, organization invites, endorsement requests, notifications. The validation API is hard-coded into Ficticious HR's integration as the first partner consumer. The mission is the differentiator: a verified career record the person owns.