 The success of the company's Badgr product led to Founder Wayne Skipper being interviewed broadly in the education community, as well as Badgr's inclusion in the European Commission Joint Research Centre's 2017 "Blockchain in Education" report.That same year, the company offered digital badges to commemorate The Great American Eclipse, and another product featuring the company's work for partner Cengage Learning won a Codie award.In 2018, the company expanded the digital badges ecosystem by releasing an open technology standard called Open Pathways, which became a primary component of the Comprehensive Learner Record.