ARX provides a full-stack solution that combines HaLo chips with smart contracts to create decentralized, immutable physical crypto assets. This technology enables secure authentication and provenance tracking of items without centralized servers, allowing creators to enhance their products with verifiable digital experiences.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Authenticating physical assets and verifying their provenance often relies on centralized databases, creating vulnerabilities and hindering trust in the item's authenticity and history. Traditional methods lack the immutability and transparency offered by blockchain technology, making them susceptible to fraud and manipulation.
Solution
ARX provides a full-stack "digiphysical" solution that combines tamper-proof HaLo chips with smart contracts to create decentralized, immutable representations of physical assets. These chips are embedded into physical items and linked immutably on-chain, enabling secure authentication and provenance tracking without reliance on centralized servers. The solution allows creators to enhance their products with verifiable digital experiences, such as dropping NFTs to loyal fans, providing access to exclusive events, and enabling decentralized authentication with a simple tap. ARX's open-source libraries and templates facilitate the creation of custom experiences, while compatibility with existing protocols like the Physically Backed Token (PBT) standard ensures interoperability.
Target Audience
ARX targets brands, creators, and project teams in the NFT, fashion, collectibles, and art spaces seeking to enhance physical items with verifiable digital experiences and establish decentralized provenance.
Features
- Secure HaLo chips with three SECP256k1 keypairs for signing messages and transactions like a hardware wallet
- On-chain URL redirection via the ERS (Evolving Redirect Standard) for dynamic content updates
- Compatibility with most blockchains, including Ethereum and Bitcoin, through native secp256k1 signing
- Open-source tools, including a browser scanning app for iOS and Android, a command-line library for desktop interface with a USB scanner, and a bulk scanning app for mass chip enrollment
- NDEF and ADPU interfaces for versatile integration with various systems
- Full PBT (Physically Backed Token) compatibility for creating tokenized physical assets
- Customizable chip form factors, including round, hang tag, CR80 card, and wristband options