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The Methodology

Evidence in. Verified truth out.

The HOD Score™ is a proprietary credibility rating from 300 to 850 that measures the verified trustworthiness of every person and business. Scores update in real time as new reportings are submitted and verified records are added, modified, or confirmed. There is no fixed refresh cycle.

Real-time Evidence-based Cryptographically audited Manipulation-resistant

Getting your own HOD Score

Every new HOD Score is created after identity verification. Until your identity is verified, no report can be generated against it.

HOD Score
300
HOD Elite
The Verification Principle

Real-time. Evidence-backed. Manually verified.

Evidence or it doesn't count

Every HOD Score and every report is built exclusively on verified, real-time reports, evidence, and publicly available findings. Nothing unverified, speculative, misleading, or unsupported ever publishes or moves a score.

Manually reviewed by Back Office

Every submission goes through Hub or Dub's dedicated Back Office verification team before it is published or influences a HOD Score. Human review, backed by evidence, on every single finding.

Continuous, not scheduled

Unlike traditional platforms that recalculate on a fixed schedule, HOD Scores update the moment newly verified evidence is confirmed. Scores may rise or fall in real time as the truth changes.

One profile, worldwide

Every person and every business gets one permanent HOD profile globally, matched in real time by SSN, FEIN, or national ID equivalent. Identifiers are salted, SHA-256 hashed, and AES-256 encrypted at rest. No duplicates. No forks. One source of truth for identity and reputation.

How scores go up

A consistent, verified history of trustworthy conduct, credible evidence, positive real-world experiences, and no substantiated negative findings. Time alone, inactivity, or isolated positive reports do not lift a score.

How scores go down

Verified negative reports backed by evidence may lower a HOD Score and remain reflected in it until sufficient verified positive conduct and findings demonstrate meaningful improvement over time.

This real-time verification model is fundamental to Hub or Dub and is reflected throughout every feature, workflow, dashboard, algorithm, and report on the platform. Every HOD Score is transparent, evidence-based, continuously updated, manually verified, and representative of the most accurate and reliable information available at any given moment.

The 300 → 850 scale

Higher = more verified credibility
300
500
650
750
850
Poor 300–579 · Unresolved risk signals
Fair 580–669 · Mixed verified history
Good 670–739 · Strong verified footprint
Excellent 740–850 · Elite verified credibility

Same range. Different intelligence.

HOD Score™ vs traditional credit score
What it measures
Credit Score
Debt repayment history
HOD Score™
Trust across every relationship
Data sources
Credit Score
3 credit bureaus
HOD Score™
18+ verified public + community sources
Update speed
Credit Score
30–45 days
HOD Score™
Real-time as evidence verifies
Fraud signals
Credit Score
Limited
HOD Score™
Impersonators, fake accounts, aliases
Court & conduct
Credit Score
Not included
HOD Score™
Public record + firsthand reports
Fairness
Credit Score
Thin-file penalized
HOD Score™
Everyone starts at neutral
Legacy vs HOD

The old way scored you once. HOD scores you now.

One snapshot from a decade ago cannot capture who you are today. Drag through time and watch the frozen file give way to a living, cited, real-time HOD Score.

Drag through time
HOD Score742/ 850
NowHOD live
FICO-style score
Static · 41d stale

One number. One dimension.

Built to predict whether you'll pay back a loan. Nothing else.

Frozen
612
/ 850
Last refresh · 41d ago
  • Refreshes every 30 to 45 days
  • 3 bureaus, thin files punished
  • Blind to fraud, conduct, community trust
  • Same math since 1989
HOD live
Streaming
HOD Score
300
HOD Verified
HOD Score
742
HOD Verified · Green light
Live · updated seconds ago
Contributing signals · hover to inspect Cited
Verified identity
Court & public record
Firsthand community
Account authenticity
Behavioral signals
90 day trend + recency
90 day trend▲ +18 pts
The old way
Decision time
3 to 45 days
Data sources
3 bureaus
Refresh cadence
Monthly at best
Fraud detection
Basically none
Fairness
Thin files punished
Transparency
Black box
The HOD wayLive · sourced · fair
Decision time
Real time
Data sources
18+ verified feeds
Refresh cadence
Global 24h refresh
Fraud detection
Impersonation + aliases
Fairness
Everyone starts neutral
Transparency
Every finding cited
0%
Faster

Decisions in seconds, not weeks.

0+
Deeper

Verified signal sources per report.

0+
Global

Countries covered from day one.

0%
Fairer

Every finding cited and auditable.

How evidence moves the score

Toggle findings. The score responds instantly.

Only Back-Office-verified findings ever touch a score. Anonymous opinions and unverified claims never do. This is the real recomputation logic.

Live HOD Score
835
Verified
Change from baseline
+115

Baseline is 720. Verified positives raise it. Verified risks lower it. Scores clamp between 300 and 850.

The six pillars

Six categories. Thousands of weighted signals.

Each pillar contributes verified evidence to the score. Every contribution is authenticated, weighted, and cross-checked before it can move a single point.

Weight
22%

Identity Trust

Government-issued ID, biometric and liveness verification, address, phone, email, business registration, ownership, licensing, tax, and domain verification.

Gov ID + livenessBiometric matchDomain / EINAddress history
Weight
20%

Public Record Integrity

Court records, criminal convictions, civil judgments, bankruptcies, tax liens, regulatory enforcement, sanctions, and verified public findings.

Court recordsSanctions listsRegulatory actionsLien / bankruptcy
Weight
16%

Behavioral Reputation

Verified complaints, commendations, dispute outcomes, policy compliance, response times, resolution rates, and long-term behavioral patterns.

Verified complaintsResolution rateResponse timeConsistency
Weight
16%

Transaction Reliability

Verified payments, fulfilled contracts, invoices, deliveries, refunds, chargebacks, escrow outcomes, and completion history.

Fulfilled contractsChargeback rateEscrow outcomesPayment history
Weight
14%

Community Verification

Identity-verified reports backed by authenticated evidence: receipts, contracts, photos, videos, communications, timestamps, metadata, and witnesses.

Verified reportsEvidence qualityCorroborationWitness attestation
Weight
12%

Network Confidence

Verified relationships with employers, employees, clients, vendors, partners, organizations, certifications, and professional affiliations.

Verified employerClient graphCertificationsAffiliations
Live pipeline

From raw evidence to a locked, auditable score

Every HOD Score is the output of a five-stage pipeline that never sleeps. New verified evidence enters, propagates through the trust engine, and updates scores in real time.

Stage 01
Ingest

Authenticated public records, verified submissions, and connected systems stream in continuously.

Stage 02
Verify

Identity, document, biometric, metadata, device, and geolocation checks authenticate every input.

Stage 03
Score

Weighted trust engine synthesizes evidence into a HOD Score between 300 and 850.

Stage 04
Audit

Every event is cryptographically timestamped and preserved in an immutable audit trail.

Stage 05
Recalculate

The engine re-scores in real time as new verified evidence enters the system.

Proprietary trust weighting

Every data source is assigned a proprietary trust weight based on source reliability, legal authority, evidence quality, severity, frequency, recency, historical consistency, and independent corroboration. Older events gradually decrease in influence as sustained positive behavior is demonstrated.

Source reliability96
Legal authority92
Evidence quality88
Recency & consistency84
Independent corroboration90

14-layer authentication stack

Before affecting a score, every submission passes multiple independent layers of authentication. A failure at any layer stops the signal at the door.

Identity verification
Document validation
Automated fraud detection
Metadata analysis
Duplicate detection
Device fingerprinting
IP & geolocation analysis
Behavioral biometrics
Graph-based collusion detection
Synthetic identity screening
Deepfake & manipulated media detection
Cross-source matching
Anomaly detection
Independent human review
Zero tolerance

What never moves a HOD Score

These signals receive no scoring value, or are penalized aggressively when detected. Manipulation attempts are permanently logged and can suppress a score below its baseline.

Anonymous opinions
Unverifiable claims
Coordinated reporting campaigns
Bots & fake reviews
Forged documents
Manipulated evidence
Duplicate accounts
Bribery attempts
Any platform manipulation

Continuous real-time updates

Once released, a score cannot be edited, challenged, voted on, or purchased away. Scores update the moment newly verified reports, evidence, and public findings are confirmed by Back Office, no fixed schedule, no waiting cycle.

Cryptographic audit trail

Every verified event is cryptographically timestamped and permanently preserved, giving each score a complete, reviewable evidence chain.

Guardrails & limits

  • · Not a consumer report under the FCRA.
  • · Findings deduplicated and source-capped.
  • · Independent human review on edge cases.
  • · Available in the Globally accessible.
The trusted standard

Transparent. Nationally standardized. Impossible to fake.

An evidence-driven measure of credibility, reliability, and eligibility for every person and business - engineered to resist fabrication, bias, artificial inflation, and coordinated attacks.