Vestige
2026
Design Engineer
Problem
Vestige is a Digital Product Passport infrastructure that gives every item a verifiable, traceable identity while routing smart-contract royalties back to the brand on every resale.
Stack
ZK-SNARKs: privacy-preserving provenance
NFC (NTAG 424 DNA) : tamper-resistant physical authentication
Smart-contract royalty protocols : perpetual secondary-market participation
Luxury suffers from opaque supply chains and loses ongoing value to an unverifiable resale market — a gap the EU ESPR 2026/2027 mandate now forces brands to close.
Solution
Research
Thoughtfully crafted to elevate what matters most.
User Profile
For the brand, Vestige is infrastructure:
ZK-verified provenance, NFC authentication, and smart-contract royalties that turn ESPR compliance into a recurring revenue layer. Save 4% tax from compliance.
For the consumer, it's intimacy with the object:
a tap that unfolds the full story of what they own, and a market where that story holds its value. Two stakeholders, one source of truth.
