Phase 2 Pilot - Proving Viability
The RBTP Knowledge Base is evolving weekly as part of our pilot programs with RBA members. We’d love your input — submit feedback or help shape the protocol in real time by joining a pilot.
Objectives: Phase 2 shifts to live testing with a small group of your suppliers. Together, we’ll prove that credential issuance and validation work in real‑world transactions, identify any technical or operational hurdles, and build the foundation for your internal business case by tracking effort, time and early benefits.
Process: Building on our scoping outputs, we’ll engage selected upstream partners (usually 8-10 entities) to issue verifiable credentials for actual consignments. We’ll guide your suppliers through the process, issue credentials from your secure part the the RBTP reference implementation, and manually exchange product passports – often via secure email or portal links. Throughout, you’ll collaborate with our team to troubleshoot validation errors, fine‑tune the credential schema and hold regular demos to keep your stakeholders informed and confident.
Commitment: To make a Phase 2 pilot successful, members will need to provide:
- Up to 40 hours for one person of engagement in structured activities over 4 weeks
- A clear question and supply chain scope
- An ability to engage their supply chain actors to participate and provide real supply chain data and to transmit those credentials in one transaction chain
Deliverables: At the close of the pilot, you’ll have:
- An updated scoping brief listing all engaged suppliers and their roles
- A complete set of real credentials issued and validated against your compliance criteria
- A revised supply‑chain map reflecting actual participants
- A set of real credentials issued securely in the RBTP reference implementation, along with a summary report of lessons learned and recommended refinements
- A credential exchange report documenting transaction flows, challenges encountered and proposed process improvements
Learning: by the end of this pilot, we want to be illuminating several lightbulb moments:
- Digitising existing business practices without introducing intermediaries: Pilot the replacement of PDFs and emails with verifiable credentials issued by existing authorities.
- Every actor decides their level of transparency: Test selective disclosure, redaction and voluntary data sharing in live pilots.
- Fast, cheap and certain compliance: Start showing how verifiable credentials reduce the effort required for assurance and audits.