Our Position

The grading industry has a trust problem.

Other grading companies grade cards behind closed doors, store results in databases only they control, and some have been caught altering grades after cards were sold — without telling anyone. Others require confidentiality agreements if you dare to question a grade.

Every grading company asks you to trust them. We ask you to verify us. There is a profound difference.

BC Grading was built from day one around a single principle: your grade is not our opinion stored on our server. It is a forensically documented, blockchain-locked, permanently public fact that no one — including us — can ever alter.

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“Other companies tell you what grade your card got. BC Grading shows you everything — then proves it on the blockchain.”
BC Grading — Founded 2025, United Kingdom
The Problem

What every other company isn't telling you.

Three real issues, documented, that collectors are living with right now.

Proven 2025Major Grading CompaniesGrades were secretly changed

Cards graded a 9 were upgraded to a 10 after the collector had already sold them at the lower value — using the same cert number, with no notification. The grade lived in their database. They changed it.

In Their T&CsOther UK GradersDispute? Sign an NDA first.

Some grading companies’ dispute policies require both parties to enter a confidentiality agreement before any re-assessment. You are legally prevented from discussing the outcome publicly. That is not transparency — it is its opposite.

By DesignIndustry-WideGrades are opinions, not measurements

Major grading companies openly state grades can be determined by “eye appeal and market acceptability.” Human graders working 10-hour shifts make calls on borderline cards. The same card submitted twice can receive different grades.

How BC Grading Is Different

Built to solve every one
of those exact problems.

Blockchain Certificate

The moment your grade is confirmed, it is written permanently to the Polygon blockchain. Not our database — a decentralised public ledger. Nobody, including BC Grading, can edit it. Ever.

→ Grade tampering is structurally impossible here01
Forensic Documentation

Every submission receives UV and infrared imaging, AI defect heat mapping, sub-millimetre centering measurements, and 800x magnified corner captures. All published on your certificate.

→ Not four numbers. A complete forensic file.02
360° Digital Spin

Your graded slab is captured on a motorised turntable and published as an interactive 360° viewer — permanently linked from your blockchain certificate.

→ Show any buyer the exact slab they're getting03
No Conflict of Interest. Ever.

BC Grading does not buy cards. BC Grading does not sell cards. This commitment is written into our company articles. We have no financial incentive to give your card any particular grade.

→ Legally committed. Not just a promise.04
Our Commitments

Three promises we make legally,
not just publicly.

These aren't marketing claims. They are written into our company articles of association and published here permanently.

Immutable Records

Every grade is blockchain-written immediately upon confirmation. BC Grading commits never to seek to alter, suppress, or remove blockchain certificate records.

Zero Conflict

BC Grading will never purchase, sell, or hold trading cards as a commercial activity. We grade. Nothing else. No buyback programmes. No dealer relationships.

Open Disputes

BC Grading will never require a confidentiality agreement as a condition of reviewing a grading dispute. All re-assessment outcomes are published publicly.

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