MPC Interviews Jeremy Blackburn of ChainIT®
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How are you different than other brands in your space?
Most digital-signature and payment tools still rely on trust – trust that the right person typed a name, clicked a button, or uploaded a document. But with deepfakes, impersonation, and synthetic identities exploding across the payment landscape, trust is no longer protection; it’s exposure.
ChainIT operates on verified truth. We validate the real human or organization behind every action – who they are, where they are, what device they’re using and lock that information into an immutable Validated Data Token (VDT). Fraud collapses when identity can’t be faked.
With 14 awarded and 20+ pending patents in biometric identity validation, tokenized audit trails, and verified digital agreements, ChainIT directly solves the core problems at the center of today’s e-signature litigation: unverifiable signers, weak audit trails, and signatures with no provable human behind them.
In Short:
If someone can fake a signature or account, they can fake a transaction. With ChainIT, they can’t because every action is tied to a verified human being, not a guess.
How would you describe your value proposition to prospective customers and channel partners?
ChainIT unifies identity validation, digital signing, and payment execution into a single, verifiable flow. Instead of using separate tools for KYC, signatures, and payment authorization, ChainIT performs them together using patented biometric validation and tokenization.
Every agreement and payment is tied to:
- A verified human or organization
- A verified device
- A verified physical location
- An immutable timestamp
- A patented VDT audit record
Partners gain immediate zero-trust security without forcing users to change their workflow. ChainIT deploys as an app, a web platform, an SDK, or embedded into existing payment rails via ChainIT Pay.
We also offer modular pricing: identity only, signing only, payments only, or full-stack automation.
In Short:
With ChainIT, you don’t bolt on security, it’s built into every step of the identity, signing, and payment process.
What recent challenges have your company’s leadership faced and how did you overcome them?
The biggest challenge was helping organizations realize that traditional “click-to-sign” tools are not identity verification systems. They were never built to confirm who actually signed. That gap is now fueling high-profile litigation over forged DocuSign and Adobe Sign agreements. We overcame this through live demonstrations, not presentations. In under 60 seconds, customers watch ChainIT:
- Verify a user biometrically
- Confirm their device and location
- Execute a Pactvera™ verified agreement
- Require biometric reconfirmation before releasing payment
It’s an end-to-end truth trail, not a trust-based workflow.
In Short:
If a signature can be disputed, your business is exposed. ChainIT removes that dispute entirely by proving who signed, where, and under what authority.
What recent milestone have you achieved and why is it significant?
ChainIT completed a joint pilot with a large financial institution using ChainIT ID and Pactvera to perform identity validation, contract execution, and payment authorization in a single verified flow. The process met and exceeded NIST, ISO, and FinCEN standards while reducing onboarding and approval times from days to seconds. This milestone matters because regulators and courts increasingly require organizations to prove exactly who signed or approved high-value actions. Traditional systems cannot reliably provide that.
ChainIT embeds biometric identity, contract execution, payment approval, and immutable audit metadata into one unified record – a single source of verified truth.
In Short:
Instead of chasing paperwork or logs to prove who authorized a transaction, ChainIT gives you the answer instantly.
What near-term opportunities will 2025 present to you and your team?
2026 is emerging as the year verified payments become a regulatory expectation. Banks, processors, and fintechs are preparing for stricter rules around identity validation, synthetic identity defense, and non-repudiation. ChainIT is positioned at the center of that shift.
Key offerings include:
- ChainIT Pay – identity-verified payments across ACH, RTP, card rails, stablecoins, and crypto
- Pactvera – verified digital agreements with biometric enforcement
- ChainIT X Microsites – verified marketplaces anchored to immutable VDT records
- ChainIT ID – passwordless identity backed by biometrics and device validation
- Age App – privacy-first proof-of-age for regulated industries
- Sportafi – verified engagement and event-driven interactions
Because everything is modular, organizations can adopt ChainIT in layers without disrupting existing systems.
In Short:
2026 will demand stronger proof of identity and authority. ChainIT makes that simple, fast, and fully auditable.
What’s a key trend for your industry in 2025, and why do you think it’s important?
Payments are shifting from automation based on trust to automation based on verified truth. AI can process transactions at enormous scale, but it cannot determine what’s real without verified data. Fraudsters are already using AI-generated identities, voices, and faces to exploit systems built on assumptions.
ChainIT provides the verified foundation AI needs. Every identity, document, and transaction originates from a verified human or organization – ensuring fraud resistance, regulatory compliance, and explainable AI decisions.
In Short:
AI is only safe when the data behind it is true. ChainIT ensures that every automated decision is grounded in verified truth, not assumptions.
Attorney Commentary: Weak Digital Signatures & the DocuSign/Adobe Litigation Landscape
Courts are increasingly questioning digital signatures that cannot prove who actually signed. Major legal concerns include:
- “Click-to-sign is not identity verification.”
- “Audit trails without biometrics are not conclusive.”
- “If the signer can’t be verified, the contract can be challenged.”
ChainIT solves these issues directly. Every signature is tied to a verified human face, a verified device, and a verified physical location—creating legally defensible, biometric-anchored agreements.
