Cerfinity is a product authentication platform built on Digital Provenance Technology™. Every unit carries a tamper-evident seal with its own unique identity, so a customer can tap it with a phone and confirm the item is genuine, unopened, and traceable to its origin.

How does NFC product authentication work?

A secure NFC chip is embedded in a tamper-evident seal applied to the product. Tapping it with a smartphone triggers a cryptographic challenge that only that chip can answer, and the response is checked against the provenance record. A copied or transplanted tag fails the check.

Which industries does Cerfinity support?

Cerfinity protects spirits and distilleries, wine, luxury fashion, graded collectibles and sports memorabilia, specialty food such as coffee, cacao, chocolate and tea, pharmaceuticals, prestige beauty, and electronics.

How long does implementation take?

Most brands complete a full implementation in four to six weeks, including line integration and staff training. Pilot programmes start from 1,000 items with no long-term commitment.

Digital Provenance Technology™

Your Brand.Proven Real.Tap the Seal. Know the Truth.

You've spent decades building your brand.
Counterfeiters are destroying it in minutes.

Cerfinity attaches a Secure NFC Provenance Seal to every product you make — a unique, hard-to-clone chip your customer simply taps with their phone. One tap, no app, and nothing a counterfeiter can copy: the opening certificate and full chain of custody appear in seconds, proving the item is genuine, present, and untouched. Also works with QR codes where a tap isn't possible.

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One tap. No app. Can't be copied.

Also works with QR codes

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Maison Laurent · Paris, FR

Issued: April 2026 · Chain of Custody Verified

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$600B

Global counterfeit market annually

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Consumer verification time

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What Cerfinity is

Cerfinity is a product authentication platform built on Digital Provenance Technology™ (DPT™). Every unit gets a tamper-evident provenance seal carrying its own unique cryptographic identity, backed by an append-only record of its chain of custody. A customer taps the seal with a smartphone and learns three things in about a second: whether the item is genuine, whether it has been opened before, and where it has been since it left the producer.

We protect spirits and distilleries, graded collectibles, specialty food, luxury fashion, pharmaceuticals, prestige beauty, and electronics. Start with What is Digital Provenance Technology™ or the authentication FAQ.

The Threat

While You Were Building Something Real,
They Were Copying Every Detail.

A counterfeiter doesn't need your factory, your craft, or your reputation. They need your logo and a printing press. By the time your customers notice, the damage is done — to their trust, and to yours.

Your Holograms Get Copied

Modern counterfeiters reproduce security holograms, serial numbers, and certificates of authenticity with disturbing precision. Traditional authentication fails the moment someone motivated enough gets to work.

Customers Can't Tell the Difference

The goal of a sophisticated fake isn't to look fake. It's to look exactly like yours. Your customers — the ones who love your brand most — are the ones most likely to be deceived.

Your Brand Pays the Price

Every counterfeit sold under your name is a review written about your quality, a refund request against your reputation, and a customer lost to a product you never made.

There is now a solution that counterfeiters cannot copy.
Because it lives on our secure ledger — mathematically permanent.

The Solution

Authentication That Cannot
Be Faked. Ever.

Every Cerfinity provenance seal produces a unique, one-time cryptographic code on every tap. It cannot be photographed, copied, or cloned. Not hard to fake — impossible.

You Register Your Product

Upload your product details to the Cerfinity platform. We issue an opening certificate — a permanent, unforgeable chain of custody record — and pair it with a Secure NFC Provenance Seal (or covert micro-mark, or QR) applied to each item.

Your Product Ships With Proof

The provenance seal ships with every product. Every unit. Every batch. It costs pennies to add — and it is the only authentication that survives a determined counterfeiter.

Your Customer Taps to Verify

Any customer, anywhere, taps their phone to the provenance seal. In three seconds they see your brand, the product origin, the opening certificate, and one word: VERIFIED. No app. No account. Just the truth. (QR scan available as an alternate method.)

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Authentication Methods

Three layers of proof.
Choose your level of defense.

Not every product needs the same defense. Our Digital Provenance Technology™ (DPT™) pairs the right physical proof with the right chain of custody — so what your customer taps, scans, or reveals cannot be forged.

Recommended

Tier 1 · Flagship

Secure NFC Provenance Seal

The physical seal that can't be photographed, cloned, or faked.

Tamper-resistant NFC chip embedded in or affixed to the product
Every tap generates a unique, one-time cryptographic code
Optional tamper-detection variant permanently records if a seal is opened or broken
Works with a plain phone tap — no app, no account, no learning curve

"A photograph of a QR code can be faked. An NFC seal cannot — every tap proves the physical item is present and untouched."

Tier 2 · Covert

Covert Micro-Mark Authentication

Encrypted micro-marks laser-etched or printed at near-microscopic size on metal, glass, plastic, rubber, even fabric
Part of the product, not the label — can't be peeled off, swapped, or transferred to a fake
Verified instantly with a smartphone camera through any web browser — no app download
Built-in clone detection: in independent aerospace testing, sixteen precision-engineered clones of a genuine mark were all correctly rejected
Withstands harsh environments — ideal for tools, equipment, luxury hard goods, spirits bottles, and graded collectibles

"Counterfeiters copy labels and packaging every day. They cannot copy a mark that is invisible to them and mathematically unique to your product."

Tier 3 · Entry

QR Verification

The accessible entry point for lower-risk items and high-volume packaging.

Convenient, low-cost, and printable on any surface
Best fit for lower-risk items and high-volume packaging runs
Honest trade-off: a QR can be photographed and reprinted
Recommended paired with an NFC seal or micro-mark layer for anything worth protecting

At a glance

How the three methods compare

Feature	NFC Seal TIER 1	Micro-Mark TIER 2	QR TIER 3
Clone-resistant
Tamper detection
Covert marking
Cost per unit	$	$$	$
Best for	Premium goods needing a physical seal	Tools, hard goods, spirits, and collectibles where the item itself must carry proof	Lower-risk items and high-volume packaging

NFC seals and micro-marks win the security rows. QR is our entry option — best paired with a physical layer above.

LIVE SOLUTIONS

One provenance platform, several live vertical brands

Each brand below runs on the same Digital Provenance Technology™ registry and tamper-evident NFC seals — built for the counterfeit problem in its own category.

SpiritSeal™

Spirits

Stops refilled-bottle fraud with a digital opening certificate.

SlabProof™

Graded Collectibles

Unit-level provenance for graded cards and comics.

TrulyMarbled

Premium Beef & Pork

Binds every Wagyu or heritage-pork cut to its animal's DNA record.

Scan and Groove

Retail Engagement

Turns an everyday tap or scan into branded engagement.

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Industries

Every Industry Has Something Worth Protecting.

Wine & Spirits

Prove provenance. Stop the $3B wine fraud crisis.

Luxury Goods

Handbags, watches, jewelry. Protect the craftsmanship your customers pay for.

Pharmaceuticals

FDA DSCSA compliance-ready. Every pill traceable to source.

Fashion & Apparel

From runway to retail, authenticity verified.

Collectibles

Trading cards, memorabilia, limited editions. Authentication that holds value.

Electronics

Combat the $169B counterfeit electronics market.

Not sure if Cerfinity fits your industry?

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Why Cerfinity

The Only Authentication
Counterfeiters Cannot Copy.

Cryptographically Permanent

Every certificate is written to an immutable provenance ledger. It cannot be altered, deleted, or duplicated — not by counterfeiters, not by anyone.

Zero Friction for Consumers

No app download. No account creation. No crypto knowledge. Point. Scan. Verified. Your customers deserve that simplicity.

Verifiable Anywhere on Earth

A customer in Tokyo can verify a product from Miami in the same three seconds as someone standing in your store. Geography is no barrier to trust.

Built for Non-Technical Teams

Upload a product, generate a certificate, apply the QR. Your team doesn't need provenance knowledge. Setup takes hours, not months.

Limited Availability

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No Risk. No Commitment.

We offer a free 30-day pilot for qualifying brands — 500 certificates, full platform access, zero setup cost. See your customers verify your products in real time before you pay a single dollar.

500 certificates included at no cost
Full platform access for 30 days
White-glove onboarding included

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Available to qualifying brands in wine & spirits, luxury goods, collectibles, and fashion.

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