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# Community Badges

Badges verified by the community

* These are badges that go through TheBadge’s decentralized certification process in which the community does the proof of evidence submitted and grants the badge to the applicant.
* These badges are backed by TheBadge’s community.
* These badges have to be created by an individual which is registered in the protocol as a creator.
* The evidence submitted will be verified by a community curator.
* These badges can be challenged and follow the decentralized arbitration system.

**For example:**

A web3 user can apply to get an on-chain ID certificate to bring his/her reputation from web2 to the blockchain. Once the user applies to one of these certificates, TheBadge's community can then verify the provided evidence.