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# Introduction to Issuance

Blerify Issuance turns data your organization already holds — an employee record, a passed exam, a government ID — into a credential a stranger can trust. You sign it once with your organization's key and deliver it to the holder's wallet. From that moment, anyone can verify it without ever calling back to Blerify or to you.

Everything in this section falls into one of three parts. If you're here to ship, start with **Build**. If you want to understand what's happening underneath, read **Learn**. When you need exact contracts, roles, or scopes, go to **Reference**.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>🛠️ Build</strong></td><td>Task-oriented guides. Issue your first credential, then manage it through its life.</td><td><a href="/pages/wxmmQSf9Fy4nDQiELyuE">/pages/wxmmQSf9Fy4nDQiELyuE</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>📘 Learn</strong></td><td>The concepts underneath — the issuance flow, credential formats, and how trust is established.</td><td><a href="/pages/oeB0ShRrmK3YrOQ9SjgQ">/pages/oeB0ShRrmK3YrOQ9SjgQ</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>📗 Reference</strong></td><td>Exact API contracts, portal roles, scopes, and release history.</td><td><a href="/pages/8wsrzrUvQhvSQGzQf9GC">/pages/8wsrzrUvQhvSQGzQf9GC</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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**First time here?** Go straight to [Get Started](/introduction-to-issuance/build/get-started.md). It covers what you need in place and walks you from an empty project to a signed credential in a wallet.
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## Next steps

[**Get Started**](/introduction-to-issuance/build/get-started.md) — the fastest path from nothing to your first issued credential.

See also: [How Issuance Works](/introduction-to-issuance/learn/how-issuance-works.md) — the model, end to end · [API Access & Scopes](/introduction-to-issuance/reference/api-access-and-scopes.md) — how the API authenticates and authorizes.


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