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Is there any good way to timestamp things like this?
by rmc 10y ago
Is there any good way to timestamp things like this?
- jl6 10y agoHash the content and store the hash in the Bitcoin blockchain.
- anc84 10y agoWhat does Bitcoin have to do with this? That seems like abuse of its blockchain.
- patrickk 10y agoImmutability. But yeah, not ideal use of the Bitcoin blockchain at least.
- tempestn 10y agoAlternatively you could publish the hash in a major newspaper.
- rmc 10y agoI don't have write access to a major newspaper. Sure, big organisations, when the political climate is right, can do things like that. What is there available for the little person?
- mortehu 10y agoSpecifically using OriginStamp[1], which aggregates multiple hashes before creating a transaction. This makes it possible for the service to scale without increasing costs or transaction volume. https://www.originstamp.org/ https://www.originstamp.org/
- jefurii 10y agoOr store it in a Git repository, the "stupid content tracker". If you have binaries use git-annex.
- verytrivial 10y agoWow, the "Stamper" by Matthew Richardson is still running! http://www.itconsult.co.uk/stamper/stampinf.htm http://www.itconsult.co.uk/stamper/stampinf.htm This is pretty close to what you need. Getting an email with SHA256's of an archive of scrapes signed would do the trick.
- jasonjayr 10y agoThat's awesome that something like that is still running on the internet all these years! EFF, or some organization with more longevity than a single consultant should build something similar.
- petertodd 10y agoSee OpenTimestamps: https://petertodd.org/2016/opentimestamps-announcement https://petertodd.org/2016/opentimestamps-announcement It timestamps to Bitcoin, and you don't need to own any Bitcoin for it to work.
- Diederich 10y agoBlockchains are good and often mentioned. But I just tweet out checksums of various things.