The CUMHACHDAN BADGE (pronounced COO-walken) is a fan-follower authentication system that allows you to safely and securely identify yourself or your organization through proof-of-stake protection of your identity and information. For $5, a unique, personal badge exclusive to you is issued for you to place on any device, platform, website, etc., which identifies you as a CUMHACHDAN only to the band and its associated label and to you. With the badge a secret phrase is issued that is unique to you and protected in our secure vault. Your secret phrase is never listed or kept on-line but in hard-copy format only and placed physically in the vault.
If you choose to identify yourself to another CUMHACHDAN, you can do so by asking if they are a CUMHACHDAN and revealing your badge to them and asking them to see their badge. They can then authenticate your badge, but only if they too are a CUMHACHDAN, by submitting a snapshot of your badge via email to us. They must submit an image of their own personal badge and employ their own secret phrase in order to receive a response. You too must do the same in order for the authentication process to be completed. This process must be completed in a timely fashion or a new authentication request must be made.
A response will only be affirmative or no-response. If both parties properly identify their badge and secret phrase, both will be issued separate affirmatives. At that time, you will be aware of one another’s badges and status, but no one else’s. To add a third CUMHACHDAN or beyond, all participants must complete the process again and in a timely fashion.
At any time, any CUMHACHDAN may request to have their old badge and secret phrase invalidated and opt to receive a new, unique badge and phrase reissued. Invalidated badges will be revealed only to the group who’ve authenticated one another, but no personal or identifying information related to anyone who holds a badge is shared with anyone else who holds a badge. Payment is simply for a badge. If a badge becomes invalidated or is invalidated due to compromise it and its corresponding pass-phrase will be deleted.