trace:original: digital documents, without the PDF problem
Copy a PDF and you've got two identical files, with no way to tell which one's real. trace:original doesn't have that problem.
There's only ever one original, and it always knows it.
Meet trace:original
Patented technology for digital original documents that behave like paper — but better.
trace:original is built on several technical components that ensure the integrity of the digital original document with mathematical certainty. For a brief overview of how trace:original works, take a look at the following 3 minute video.
trace:original
Who can benefit?
Literally anyone. Only the party issuing a document needs to be an Enigio customer. Everyone downstream — every counterparty who receives, holds, or forwards it — uses it free, the same way they'd use a paper original.
Our technology is particularly popular in the trade finance and transport sectors, but you can use it for any type of document you want to send as an original or verifiable copy — even a casserole recipe.
What makes trace:original unique
Accessible
A computer and an internet connection. That's the whole requirement to receive and hold a trace:original document. Only the party creating it needs to be an Enigio customer.
Interoperable
trace:original works between any counterparty and any system, readable by people and by machines. Documents can carry a data standard or schema, so straight-through processing happens without anyone re-keying anything.
Free for the receiver
Once a document's issued, there's no membership and no fee to receive it, hold it, or pass it on. Just a document that stays freely transferable.
Designed to comply with legislation
trace:original satisfies UNCITRAL's MLETR and the dDOC specifications from ITFA's DNI initiative. Read more here.
Instant sustainable impact
Every document you digitise cuts the carbon, water, and land that paper production and transport would have used — and makes financing more reachable for SMEs who'd otherwise be waiting on paper to move
Don't change what works
Every party keeps their existing systems and processes. No new law required, as long as the jurisdiction you choose for the transaction — like the UK — treats digital originals as technology-neutral under MLETR or an equivalent.
Sustainable
Using trace:original will contribute to fulfilling the following UN sustainable development goals:
SME growth and prosperity since:
- It will be easier to set up and execute a transaction
- Smaller amounts and shorter tenors are possible
- They can have access to ECA financing and guarantees
Innovation and infrastructure:
- As easy, affordable and interoperable as using paper
Reduce carbon emissions, fresh water and land use by reducing:
- Paper documents/production
- All physical transportation of the documents
Ditch the paper, keep the trust.
Leave your details and we’ll get in touch to show you how to cut the costs, risks, and delays of paper documents — without losing legal certainty.
Let’s make your trade digital, secure, and seamless.