OriginStamp is a web-based, trusted timestamping service that uses the decentralized Bitcoin block chain to store anonymous, tamper-proof time stamps for any digital content. OriginStamp allows users to hash files, emails, or plain text, and subsequently store the created hashes in the Bitcoin block chain as well as retrieve and verify time stamps that have been committed to the block chain. OriginStamp is free of charge and easy to use and thus allows anyone, e.g., students, researchers, authors, journalists, or artists, to prove that they were the originator of certain information at a given point in time. Common use cases of OriginStamp include proving that:
- a contract has been signed or a tasks was completed prior to a certain date.
- a photo or video has been recorded prior to a certain date.
- an idea for a patent already existed prior to a certain date, e.g., prior to signing a NDA.
The idea of timestamping is not new. Even before computers existed, information could be encoded and the code could be published, for example, in a newspaper. However, we use the block chain of the crypto currency Bitcoin as a decentralized, tamper proof, and cost-efficient timestamping authority. To see the OriginStamp project for yourself, please visit: www.originstamp.org
Click here to download our free Android APP.
Below, you find my talk on blockchain technologies and visions at the event ‘Blockchain – eine Kette an Möglichkeiten für Unternehmen’ organized by the Wirtschaftsförderung Bodenseekreis and the competence centre cyberLAGO:
For more information also have a look at the talk “Immutable research data trail” held by Bela Gipp at the Blockchain for Science symposium.
RELATED PUBLICATIONS
- Securing Physical Assets on the Blockchain – Linking a novel Object Identification Concept with Distributed Ledgers
T. Hepp, P. Wortner, A. Schoenhals, and B. Gipp
in Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains for Distributed Systems (CryBlock’18), Munich, Germany, 2018.
PDF - On-chain vs. off-chain storage for supply- and blockchain integration
T. Hepp, M. Sharinghousen, P. Ehret, A. Schoenhals, and B. Gipp
it – Information Technology, vol. 60, iss. 5-6, pp. 283-291, 2018
PDF - OriginStamp: A blockchain-backed system for decentralized trusted timestamping
T. Hepp, A. Schoenhals, C. Gondek, and B. Gipp
it – Information Technology, vol. 60, iss. 5-6, pp. 273-281, 2018
PDF - Tracking of Intellectual Property using the Blockchain
A. Schoenhals, T. Hepp, P. Ehret, and B. Gipp, 2018
PDF - Design Thinking using the Blockchain – Enable Traceability of Intellectual Property in Problem-Solving Processes for Open Innovation
A. Schoenhals, T. Hepp, and B. Gipp
in Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains for Distributed Systems (CryBlock’18), Munich, Germany, 2018.
PDF - Using the Blockchain of Cryptocurrencies for Timestamping Digital Cultural Heritage
B. Gipp, N. Meuschke, J. Beel, and C. Breitinger
Bulletin of IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries (TCDL), vol. 13, iss. 1, 2017.
PDF - CryptSubmit: Introducing Securely Timestamped Manuscript Submission and Peer Review Feedback using the Blockchain
B. Gipp, C. Breitinger, N. Meuschke, and J. Beel
in Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), Toronto, Canada, 2017
PDF - Securing Video Integrity Using Decentralized Trusted Timestamping on the Blockchain
B. Gipp, J. Kosti, and C. Breitinger
in Proceedings of the 10th Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems (MCIS), Paphos, Cyprus, 2016.
PDF - Decentralized Trusted Timestamping using the Crypto Currency Bitcoin
B. Gipp, N. Meuschke, and A. Gernandt
in Proceedings of the iConference 2015, Newport Beach, California, 2015
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