nChain Sign
  • nChain Sign User Guide
  • Overview
    • What are digital signatures?
    • What are electronic signatures?
    • Signatures on Blockchain
    • Digital Signatures and Web3
    • Why nChain Sign?
  • nChain Sign
    • Key Features
    • Use Cases
    • How It Works
  • Getting Started
    • Creating a Signature Request
    • Recipients and Roles
    • Signing an envelope
    • Document Verification Tool
  • Dashboard overview
    • Dashboard
    • My Envelopes
    • Document Verification
  • Glossary
  • LEGAL
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Licences
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  1. Overview

What are digital signatures?

  • A digital signature is a cryptographic method to express agreement and validate the authenticity of a digital document.

  • Digital signatures allow parties to sign documents digitally, while providing an improved degree of authenticity compared to standard electronic signatures.

  • When coupled with strong identification standards, digital signatures can be equivalent to legally binding, traditional, wet-ink signatures.

  • In the UK and the European Union, digital signatures are considered legally binding when signatory identities have been verified by “Trust Service Providers”

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