eARC: the electronic Authorized Release Certificate
An airworthiness release should not live on a sheet of paper that can be lost, smudged, or forged. eARC is the signed, tamper-evident digital form of the Authorized Release Certificate, covering the most common forms including the FAA Form 8130-3 and EASA Form 1. Each one is anchored on the Aviation Blockchain Network and attached to the asset's digital passport, so any counterparty can check it in seconds.
The airworthiness release, made digital
An Authorized Release Certificate is the approval tag that travels with a serviceable part, most commonly the FAA Form 8130-3 or the EASA Form 1, certifying that an authorized organization released the item to an approved standard. The eARC is that same certificate captured as a signed electronic record, hashed, and bound to the part's passport on the network.
A real release certificate
Your authorized signatory still makes the release. eARC captures it as a structured digital original, not a scan or a photocopy.
Bound to the asset
The release travels with the part for life and never has to be reassembled from a folder of PDFs.
Confirmed by anyone
Buyers, lessors, MROs, and auditors confirm an eARC is authentic and unaltered against the on-chain record instantly.
Every paper certificate is a risk and a delay
When the release lives on paper, the whole transaction inherits its weaknesses. Buyers wait on scans, quality teams cross-reference by hand, and a single lost or questionable tag can stall a sale or ground a part.
Lost or illegible
Certificates go missing or fade, then have to be chased down or reissued.
Easy to fake
A convincing PDF is simple to forge and hard to disprove.
Slow due diligence
Authenticity gets checked manually, by phone and email.
Broken trails
Parts change hands and the paperwork does not follow.
From signed release to instant verification
eARC is a capability of Digital Asset Manager, built on Block Aero's eARC trace data standard. The proof is created once, at the source, and trusted everywhere after. See it in the product docs
The authorized organization signs the release
Certifying staff complete the form they use today, such as an 8130-3 or EASA Form 1, as a structured electronic record inside Digital Asset Manager.
The certificate is hashed and anchored
Block Aero writes a cryptographic fingerprint of the eARC to the Aviation Blockchain Network and binds it to the part's passport, making it permanent and impossible to alter unnoticed.
The release follows the part
As the asset is sold, leased, or installed, its eARC stays attached. No rekeying, no lost folders, no gaps in the trail.
Any counterparty confirms in seconds
Buyers, lessors, MROs, and authorities check the certificate against the on-chain record, including through #RegistryReady data packages and marketplace listings.
Value on both sides of the transaction
Accept parts with confidence
- Instant authenticity check. Confirm the release is genuine and unaltered without a phone call or email chase.
- Counterfeit defense. A forged tag cannot match the on-chain fingerprint.
- Faster receiving and approvals. Documentation flows straight into your records repository.
- Cleaner audits. Every release is traceable to the asset's full history.
Close deals faster
- Less paperwork friction. Issue and share releases digitally instead of scanning and emailing.
- Higher buyer trust. Tamper-evident proof shortens due diligence.
- Quicker fulfillment. Parts move when their documentation is ready on demand.
- Built into your workflow. eARC rides alongside Data Package Creation and marketplace listings.
What an anchored eARC adds
Tamper evident
Any change breaks the certificate's cryptographic fingerprint. Alteration is detectable, not hidden.
Multi-authority
Covers the most widely used airworthiness release forms, including the FAA Form 8130-3 and EASA Form 1, so a release travels with the part across jurisdictions.
No single point of failure
Verification does not depend on one company's server staying online. The proof lives on the network.
Part of the passport
The release is one element of a complete back-to-birth record, not a stray document.
Standards aligned
Built on the eARC trace data standard and the 108-type Data Sharing Specification.
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified
Issued and stored on a platform certified by the Aviation Suppliers Association Certification Body (certificate BLOC-001-06-26-27). Trust Center
Part of the bigger picture
Digital Asset Manager
eARC issuance and verification is a DAM capability, alongside digital passports and Data Package Creation.
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