Selective disclosure

A photocopy of your Aadhaar reveals everything on it, no matter what the verifier needed to know. A verifiable credential lets you reveal just the field that answers the question — or, in the limit, only a yes/no about an attribute. Pick what you're proving.

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Each scenario shows the same Aadhaar credential — but only the fields the verifier actually needs.

Aadhaar credential 7 of 7 fields shared
Name
Rahul Matthan
Date of birth
14 Aug 1972
Gender
Male
Address
12, 1st Cross, Indiranagar, Bengaluru 560038
Photo
[photograph]
Father's name
M. K. Matthan
Aadhaar number
XXXX XXXX 3927
Age ≥ 18
✓ true

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Part of The Aadhaar VC in Ex Machina. Other explorables.