DFlow Proof
Proof is DFlow's identity-verification primitive for Solana wallets. Stripe Identity verifies the person once; Proof links that verified identity to one or more wallet addresses. Builders query a public endpoint to check status.
There are two reasons to integrate it:
- Self-gating your own app — any product that needs identity-based KYC (jurisdiction-gated DeFi, regulated token sales, identity-attested access, etc.) can use Proof as a ready-made primitive.
- Kalshi PM trading on DFlow — DFlow's Trading API requires Proof for Kalshi prediction-market buys. This skill is also where the matching error handling lives.
Prerequisites
- DFlow docs MCP (
https://pond.dflow.net/mcp
) — install per the repo README. This skill is the recipe; the MCP is the reference. Look up the deep-link signing code, the full parameter list, and user-journey diagrams via / query_docs_filesystem_d_flow
— don't guess.
- CLI (optional, only relevant for Kalshi-trading use) — install per the repo README.
Part I — Proof as a generic primitive (self-gating)
Use this path when you need KYC for your own app, independent of Kalshi.
Check verification status
GET https://proof.dflow.net/verify/{address}
→
.
Public, no auth. Use it to gate features, to decide whether to show a "Verify me" CTA, or to short-circuit a restricted action.
Redirect the user to verify (deep link)
If the wallet isn't verified, redirect the user to Proof's hosted flow. The deep link carries a signed ownership proof so Proof can link the wallet to the verified identity automatically:
- URL:
https://dflow.net/proof?wallet=<addr>&signature=<sig>×tamp=<ms>&redirect_uri=<url>
- Optional: , .
- Signature: user signs the exact message
Proof KYC verification: {timestamp}
(Unix ms, 13 digits) with their wallet; base58-encode the bytes.
- Full signing snippet and parameter table → docs MCP, or read directly:
/build/proof/partner-integration
.
Handle the return
User lands back on your
. Re-query
to confirm status. If
, proceed; otherwise, surface an appropriate "verification pending / failed" message.
Part II — Kalshi PM trading (Trading API enforcement)
DFlow's Trading API enforces Proof only on Kalshi PM buys. Not sells, not redemptions, not spot, not quotes.
Three patterns, each maps to a user intent:
- Proactive UX gate — at session start, call , cache the result, and conditionally show the "Buy" button. Best UX; same primitive as Part I.
- Reactive fallback — if the proactive check was skipped or is stale, will reject unverified buys with
unverified_wallet_not_allowed
(API) / (CLI). Both error envelopes carry — redirect the user straight to it, then retry the buy after they return verified. (The CLI auto-opens the browser itself and prints the deepLink for headless environments.)
- Quote-before-KYC — omit from to preview pricing without verification. Lets unverified users see what a buy would cost before committing to KYC.
What to ASK the user (and what NOT to ask)
Ask if missing:
- What are they using Proof for? Self-gating their own app / Kalshi PM trading / both.
- Self-gating → only + deep-link flow matters. Skip trade-API error handling.
- Kalshi trading → same flow, plus handle
unverified_wallet_not_allowed
/ + at time.
- Both → superset of the Kalshi path.
- Wallet pubkey — the address to verify / check.
- App's callback URL () — where Proof sends the user after verification.
- Web or native mobile — changes the redirect_uri guidance (universal / app links for mobile; see Gotchas).
Do NOT ask about:
- API key — is public, no auth. Proof itself has no API key concept.
- RPC / signing for trading — that's . This skill just does the verification piece.
Gotchas (the docs MCP won't volunteer these)
- Proof is enforced on Kalshi PM buys, not spot swaps. Don't state "all DFlow trades need KYC" — they don't.
- Buys only, not sells or redemptions. Even on Kalshi, selling an outcome token or redeeming a winner needs no KYC.
- Proof doesn't verify age. Stripe Identity captures name, address, email, and government-issued ID, but Proof does not currently check or expose date-of-birth. Don't use Proof for age gating — you won't get what you need.
- Enforced on both dev and prod. Many agents assume dev is unprotected; it isn't.
- Proof is usable outside Kalshi. Don't default to thinking "Proof = Kalshi KYC" — any builder who needs identity-gating can use it. Same primitive, same endpoint.
- Redirect URI scheme restrictions. Proof only redirects to , , and URLs. Custom schemes () fail silently — no redirect, no error. Native mobile → universal links (iOS) / app links (Android), which are URLs that deep-link into the app.
- The public endpoint is booleanized. returns
{ verified: true | false }
. There's no / / distinction — everything non-verified collapses to . If you need those states for UX, infer them from your own session state (did the user come back from Proof?), not from the public check.
- Cache , not . Once verified, a wallet stays verified; caching avoids the per-trade check. But unverified is volatile — never cache it, because it flips the moment the user completes the flow.
- For Kalshi buys, DFlow is authoritative. checks verification server-side internally, so you don't need your own backend re-check just to gate a buy — the API won't let an unverified wallet through either way. Client-side caching is fine purely as a UX hint (to hide the Buy button).
- For self-gating your own app, verify server-side. If your backend is the thing enforcing a KYC-gated feature (not DFlow's API), don't trust a client's cached status. Re-query from your backend before unlocking the gated action.
- Embedded wallets work. Privy, Turnkey, etc., as long as the wallet supports .
- One verified identity → unlimited wallets. No cap. A user who verified on wallet A can link wallet B, C, D, and onward without re-doing ID + liveness — just a fresh ownership signature from each new wallet.
- Free + Stripe Identity under the hood. No fee to builders or users. Users complete Stripe's document + liveness flow.
- Proof is not geoblocking. KYC ≠ jurisdictional restriction. Kalshi PM trading requires both — geoblocking logic lives inline in , not here.
When something doesn't fit
Defer to the docs MCP for full reference — specifically:
/build/proof/partner-integration
— deep-link code (signature generation, URL building), caching sample, handling edge cases (signature expiration, user cancellation, network errors), security guidance.
/build/proof/user-journeys
— diagrams for new-direct, new-from-partner, and returning-user flows.
/build/proof-api/verify-address
— the single public endpoint's reference.
- — Proof + embedded wallets, Proof + dev endpoints, redirect debugging.
Sibling skills
- — places the actual orders that require Proof. Geoblocking policy also lives here.
- — view positions / P&L (no Proof required for reading).
- — non-Kalshi swaps; no Proof required, ever.