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daily seal

The once-a-day act of hashing every report produced that day into one root and anchoring that root in the Bitcoin blockchain through OpenTimestamps.

What daily seal does not show

It proves a record existed by that date in that exact form; it does not prove the record was correct, or that anyone read it.

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Terms this definition uses

anchoring · OpenTimestamps

Related terms in Proof and provenance

Showing a record existed at a date without asking anyone to trust us.

transparency log · signed tree head · inclusion proof · log witness · split-view attack · cite-as link · as-of answer · citation anchor · canonical origin · signed absence · threshold verdict · OpenTimestamps · anchoring · Content hash · Manifest tampering · C2PA · CAWG training and data mining assertion · content-addressed storage · Merkle tree · SHA-256 · byline · dateline · trust center

Questions about daily seal

What is daily seal?

The once-a-day act of hashing every report produced that day into one root and anchoring that root in the Bitcoin blockchain through OpenTimestamps.

What does daily seal not show or guarantee?

It proves a record existed by that date in that exact form; it does not prove the record was correct, or that anyone read it.

Which area of the glossary does daily seal belong to?

Proof and provenance: Showing a record existed at a date without asking anyone to trust us.

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