Systems and methods for authenticating qualifications to prevent fraud

A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• receive instructions from a first entity to generate a smart contract between the first entity and a second entity, the second entity being provided with a qualification token upon fulfillment of one or more conditions associated with the smart contract, wherein the qualification token is a non-fungible token that represents an issuer-verified qualification provided by the first entity and the qualification token is distinct from a digital media asset;
• generate a qualification image that represents the qualification in a graphical format, wherein the qualification image is generated to be uniquely associated with the first entity;
• transmit the smart contract for recordation in a blockchain;
• transmit an execution instruction to the blockchain to trigger the smart contract after receiving a fulfillment notification indicating that the second entity has fulfilled the one or more conditions, wherein execution of the smart contract provides the second entity with a qualification token, and wherein issuance of the qualification token is conditioned on issuer verification rather than token minting alone,
• wherein the qualification token comprises tamper-evident metadata including (i) qualification information, (ii) a reference to the qualification image, and (iii) a qualification identifier that is cryptographically bound to the first entity as an issuer;
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• generate an entity profile of the second entity by accessing the blockchain to retrieve the qualification token associated with the first entity, the retrieval being performed using the qualification identifier to verify provenance and qualification validity, wherein the entity profile displays the qualification information and the qualification image.

A computerized method for validating the qualifications of an entity to prevent fraud, the method comprising:

• receiving instructions from a first entity to generate a smart contract between the first entity and a second entity, the second entity being provided with a qualification token upon fulfillment of one or more conditions associated with the smart contract, wherein the qualification token is a non-fungible token that represents an issuer-verified qualification provided by the first entity and the qualification token is distinct from a digital media asset;
• generating a qualification image that represents the qualification in a graphical format, wherein the qualification image is generated to be uniquely associated with the first entity;
• transmitting the smart contract for recordation in a blockchain;
• transmitting an execution instruction to the blockchain to trigger the smart contract after receiving a fulfillment notification indicating that the second entity has fulfilled the one or more conditions, wherein execution of the smart contract provides the second entity with a qualification token, and wherein issuance of the qualification token is conditioned on issuer verification rather than token minting alone,
• wherein the qualification token comprises tamper-evident metadata including (i) qualification information, (ii) a reference to the qualification image, and (iii) a qualification identifier that is cryptographically bound to the first entity as an issuer;
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• generating an entity profile of the second entity by accessing the blockchain to retrieve the qualification token associated with the first entity, the retrieval being performed using the qualification identifier to verify provenance and qualification validity, wherein the entity profile displays the qualification information and the qualification image.