Anchor any file to Bitcoin to prove it existed at a specific time

Finding the balance between humans and machines has been the thread through my career. I always had a thing for AI and couldn't wait for it to actually deliver on what was promised. Now it does, and it's more important than ever that humans and machines keep working well together. AI makes creation trivial. Text, code, design, strategy, in seconds. But one thing AI does not create: independently verifiable proof of when something existed. Reproducing is now cheaper and easier than creating. Chronology becomes contestable at the moment it matters most. The universal problem was known. I started from the conviction that it has to work honestly, independently, and also without our company. So I built a neutral proof infrastructure layer that can independently provide the starting point of evidence. Even independent of us. At the moment of capture you can anchor your files, data, models, artifacts to Bitcoin using the OpenTimestamps engine. OTS and Bitcoin are existing primitives. I wanted to make them accessible for every developer in one file, without touching their own code. It became 12 lines of YAML. Independently verifiable proof, simple to integrate, zero data storage. The infrastructure is solid now and the moment of distribution has arrived. That's why I'm posting this on HN. I don't want to have to sell this to companies. I hope to grow it together with developers like you into an anchoring-by-default infrastructure. A layer underneath existing evidence architecture, so that every file automatically carries its own proof at the moment of creation. Proof that may be needed later in case of dispute. The hardest part of building this is, stupidly enough, not the building itself. You can always improve that, especially with a community like this one. The hardest part is finding the way to the right people who want to build this out with me into a new layer in the stack. The core API is live at itexisted.app so anyone can experience how it works. We also run it in our own GitHub environment. Every commit is anchored to Bitcoin directly. The case study is on our site. umarise.com/case/ai-code-generation

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KI-Zusammenfassung

This product provides a neutral proof infrastructure layer that allows users to anchor any file, data, model, or artifact to the Bitcoin blockchain to independently verify its existence at a specific time. It uses the OpenTimestamps engine and is designed for simple integration with zero data storage.

Am besten geeignet für

Developers needing timestamp verification, Teams managing AI-generated content or code, Organizations requiring audit trails for digital artifacts

Warum es wichtig ist

It offers independently verifiable proof of existence for digital files by leveraging the Bitcoin blockchain, without relying on the company's own infrastructure.

Hauptfunktionen

  • Anchor files to Bitcoin for timestamped proof of existence
  • Integrate with 12 lines of YAML without modifying existing code
  • Zero data storage with independently verifiable proofs
  • Use OpenTimestamps engine for decentralized verification

Anwendungsfälle

  • A research scientist needs to establish priority for a groundbreaking discovery. By anchoring their experimental data files to Bitcoin at the moment of analysis, they create immutable, timestamped proof that their findings existed before any subsequent publications or claims by competitors.
  • A software development team uses AI to generate code. To prevent disputes over intellectual property ownership when contractors or automated systems are involved, they automatically anchor each commit's hash to Bitcoin, providing an independently verifiable audit trail of when specific code was created.
  • A legal firm handling digital evidence, such as contract drafts or incriminating communications, anchors each file upon receipt. This creates a court-admissible chain of custody that proves the evidence existed at a specific time and has not been altered since, strengthening their case.