The green Verified chip next to org names

The small green "Verified" chip you see next to an org's name in your CRM accounts, the Marketplace template authors, Mutual Aid posts, or the floating Turtini bubble on a public site is a Verified-by-Turtini credential — a cryptographically signed claim about that organization that anyone in the world can re-verify offline.

It is distinct from your own org's Trust Score and from the EIN-verified KYB badge:

• **EIN / KYB verification** (covered in "How EIN verification works") is the IRS-side check that confirms your federal tax ID matches your legal name. It powers your Trust Score and feeds the "Verified by Turtini network" mirror.
• **Verified-by-Turtini chip** (this article) is a separate, *publishable* credential — an Ed25519-signed claim like "kybVerified", "domainVerified", "501(c)(3) Confirmed", "Identity Verified", or a partner-issued certificate. Each one stands on its own, has its own public verify page, and can be checked without trusting Turtini's server.

Where you'll see it:

- **Accounts list** — next to any account whose linked Turtini org has active credentials. Click the chip to see which credentials are active and verify them.
- **Marketplace** — next to the author of a Site Template or Runbook so you know who built what you're about to install.
- **Mutual Aid** — next to the organization posting an offer or request, so you can decide whether you trust the counterparty before accepting.
- **Public site floating bubble** — when you visit any Turtini-hosted public site, opening the bubble shows "Hosted by [name]" with the chip so visitors know whether the org behind the site is verified.
- **Your /welcome neighborhood tiles** — the "Just verified" tile shows the most recent credentials issued on the platform.
- **Developer portal partner module cards** — paired with a "Built on Turtini" pill so it's clear who shipped the module.

Clicking the chip opens a small popover that lists each active credential with a direct link to its public verify page at /trust/{credentialId}. That page shows the W3C-VC payload, Ed25519 signature, signing key id, and full audit log — and it re-verifies the signature *in your own browser*, so the green check doesn't depend on trusting Turtini's verifier.

What happens when there's nothing to vouch for:

If an organization has no active credentials, the chip simply doesn't render. There's no red "Unverified" badge — silence means "we don't have a public credential on file," not "we know something bad." This is intentional — the trust fabric is additive, not punitive.

Why we surface it everywhere:

The fraud-immunity story Turtini tells is only real if you can *see* it before a transaction matters. Building the chip into every counterparty surface means a bad actor's lack of credentials is visible right next to a competitor who has them — discoverability is herd immunity.

Third-party verification:

The whole credential set is published at /.well-known/turtini-trust/jwks.json (public keys) and /.well-known/turtini-trust/orgs/{slug}.json (an org's credential bundle). A vendor, journalist, regulator, or auditor can fetch those endpoints from any HTTP client and verify the signatures with any Ed25519 library — completely outside Turtini.

How an org earns the chip:

Most credentials are auto-issued from existing verification flows:
• KYB pass (Stripe Connect or Middesk) → "kybVerified"
• Domain DNS-TXT verification → "domainVerified"
• IRS 501(c)(3) confirmation → "nonprofitStatus"
• Verified-by-Turtini partner co-signature → kind-specific
• Successful identity check (future) → "identityVerified"

Issue, revoke, and rotate are server-side only — no client can mint or alter a credential. Revocations propagate immediately and are reflected in every chip that referenced the credential.

If your org is missing credentials it should have:

Open Settings → Trust Score to see which signals are missing and fix them. As each KYB / domain / nonprofit verification completes, the corresponding Verified-by-Turtini credential is issued and your chip starts appearing across the platform within seconds.