How verification works

Verification on the ground, recorded and auditable.

Epinu records real-world facts about cattle so both parties can trust the same numbers. Here is exactly how that works today.

What a verification visit records

An on-site verification visit records the head count, a weigh-in of the animals, a basic health assessment, and a signed record of what was observed. That record is attached to the deal so the landowner and the cattle owner see the same facts.

Who performs the visit

Visits are carried out by independent, credentialed professionals. This is the model Epinu is piloting — it is not a claim that a nationwide network of verifiers is already operating. As the pilot grows we will describe coverage honestly, region by region.

Drift-checks and audit trail

The records layer is live now: every record and every approval is timestamped and attributed, giving a complete audit trail per actor, and a proposal is re-checked against the current data before it can be approved. Comparing each new verification against the previous ones for the same deal — so a drop in head count or an implausible weight change is flagged for human review — is part of the verification pilot and is not automated yet.

Humans approve every material change

A verification record, like any material change on Epinu, becomes effective only when a human approves it in the dashboard. Agents can prepare and propose; people decide.