Proof becomes cryptographic trust layer

This move turns Proof from a notarization vendor into a trust layer for high value digital transactions. In notarization, DocuSign and Adobe can bundle a basic feature into software customers already buy, which pushes price down. In cryptographic identity, Proof is selling something different, reusable proof that a real person or entity was verified, recorded, and bound to content or payment activity, which is harder to copy with a simple add on.

• The product shift is concrete. Certify uses PKI to attach a verified identity to digital content, and Proof also offers reusable credentials for wallets and service providers to prove KYC and sanctions status without rechecking the same user each time. That is infrastructure for fraud prevention and compliance, not just a notary session.
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• Adobe is not building its own notarization stack here. Its notarization workflow routes users into Proof's service, which shows Adobe is extending document flow while relying on Proof for the identity and notary layer. That is very different from competing head on in cryptographic credentials.
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• Proof has assets that matter more in identity infrastructure than in low cost RON. It serves 8,000 organizations, has passed 5 million notarizations, and has logged nearly 1 million hours of recorded identity sessions. That creates training data, audit trails, and enterprise trust that can support payments, digital asset compliance, and AI fraud use cases.
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The next phase is Proof moving further into payments, government identity, and machine readable compliance. As deepfakes and synthetic identity make ordinary document verification less reliable, the winning product will be the one that can attach durable, reusable proof of who approved what, across documents, wallets, and money movement.