Orphograph seal Orphograph — Strategy · Stewardship · Est. 2026

Proof a file existed —
before anyone could argue otherwise.

Make a permanent, tamper-evident record of your photos, documents, or work — the file never leaves your device.

An empirical notary. Drop a file in your browser; receive a Bitcoin-anchored fingerprint that records it existed by no later than the next block. The file itself never leaves your machine.

Free · No account · The file stays on your device.

Client-side hashing 5 independent calendars Verifies without us

What this means for you

  • Your file never leaves your device.
  • The receipt lasts on the Bitcoin chain.
  • Anyone can verify it later — no account, no login.

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Examples of what people anchor

A photograph you took on your phone or camera. Drop it at the counter; the office anchors only the fingerprint, and the file itself never leaves your device.

A folder of photographs from one event — a wedding, a site visit, a long afternoon. One receipt covers the whole folder, and any single photograph can later be checked on its own.

A document or contract in its final form. The receipt records that exact wording existed by the recorded block, with no later edits.

A spreadsheet or set of records that closes a period — a month, a quarter, a season. Each row stays exactly as you saved it.

An audio recording or interview, in the original file your device produced. Length and format do not matter — the same privacy contract holds.

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Source code under MIT. Receipts verifiable without the office. Method documented at /method/.

The procedure

Five steps. The file is never uploaded. Only its fingerprint crosses the counter.

  1. Place a file at the counter. Your browser reads it locally.
  2. The browser computes its SHA-256 and SHA-512 fingerprints.
  3. The fingerprints are submitted to five independent OpenTimestamps calendars.
  4. You receive a 16-character receipt identifier and five .ots proof files.
  5. Within ~1 hour, the fingerprint is committed to a Bitcoin block. The receipt is final.
Free tier 3 anchors per 24 hours · no payment required

Anchors don't charge anything until you buy a Pack. The free tier is permanent.

First time?

Every file is hashed locally. One receipt covers the whole folder. Any one file later verifies independently with a small inclusion proof.

Files Recorded
Bitcoin Blocks
5 / 5
Calendars Live
SHA‑256 / 512
Hash Functions
$0.00
Marginal On‑Chain
Recent receipt

A real receipt, verifiable by anyone.

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A timestamped self-anchor issued by the office, committed to five OpenTimestamps calendars and the Bitcoin chain.

Verification works without our servers. Source code under MIT.

The office

An empirical notary, nothing more.

Orphograph records, in a manner mathematically permanent and independently verifiable, that a file existed on or before a specific block of the Bitcoin blockchain. It issues no opinion on authorship, ownership, or legality. It issues only the fact.

01

What crosses the counter

Only the SHA-256 fingerprint — a 64-character one-way number. The file remains on your machine. The office cannot reconstruct, identify, or transmit it.

02

Why Bitcoin

Bitcoin has not reorganized beyond a handful of blocks in sixteen years. A block from an hour ago is, for any practical purpose, immutable. We commit to that chain via OpenTimestamps.

03

What survives the office

Every receipt. If this service ever ceased, your .ots proof files would continue to verify against the public chain using open-source software. The instrument outlives the institution.

Whom it serves

A record that a file existed by a given moment is useful to anyone whose work depends on time.

The office issues the same instrument regardless of profession. Among those who have anchored or would reasonably anchor are practitioners of the following crafts — by no means an exhaustive list.

Creative work

  • Photographers · illustrators · designers · animators
  • Filmmakers · videographers · sound engineers
  • Musicians · composers · producers
  • Painters · sculptors · printmakers
  • Game designers · level designers
  • Web designers · UX designers · typographers

Written work

  • Novelists · poets · essayists · screenwriters
  • Journalists · reporters · investigative writers
  • Translators · ghostwriters · editors
  • Academics · researchers · doctoral candidates
  • Bloggers · newsletter authors · serialists
  • Speechwriters · librettists · playwrights

Technical work

  • Software engineers · open-source maintainers
  • Data analysts · scientists · statisticians
  • Architects · civil and structural engineers
  • Mechanical · electrical · acoustic engineers
  • Inventors · prototypers · industrial designers
  • Reverse-engineers · security researchers

Professional & civic

  • Attorneys · paralegals · evidentiary custodians
  • Notaries · executors · trustees
  • Auditors · compliance officers · accountants
  • Consultants · analysts · advisors
  • Educators · professors · curriculum authors
  • Estate planners · genealogists · archivists

The instrument is the same in every case: a Bitcoin-anchored attestation that a file with a particular fingerprint existed by the recorded block. Its evidentiary weight is a matter for the practitioner and, where relevant, counsel.

Schedule of fees

One file. One receipt. No surprises.

Free tier resets every twenty-four hours by the server's clock. Paid tiers verify identically — same calendars, same chain.

Free
$0

For trying it out, for occasional creators. Perpetual.

  • 3 anchors every 24 hours
  • Full Bitcoin attestation
  • All 5 calendars
  • Open-source verifier
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No account · no card · file stays on your device.

Writer Pack
$19 one-time

The entry pack. For writers, journalists, anyone proving a draft predated something.

  • 10 anchor credits
  • Use them anytime
  • Credits never expire
  • Gift to a friend
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Standing Order
$9 / month

For working creators and small teams. Cancel anytime.

  • Unrestricted anchoring
  • Private receipts
  • Receipt vault
  • API access
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Already used a Bitcoin-anchored receipt to settle a dispute? Write to the office. The office keeps a public record of real-world uses where the customer consents to publication; the receipt itself is yours.

Verification

Don't trust us. Check the chain.

Three levels of trust, from one-click to fully trustless. The math is the same. The level of paranoia is up to you.

I
One click

Open your receipt page

Each receipt has a public URL at /r/<id>. Drop the original file; the page re-hashes locally and reports match.

II
No account

Run the open-source verifier

A small standalone tool, on your computer. Talks to the OpenTimestamps calendars. Tells you pass or fail. We don't see it run.

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III
Trustless

Verify against Bitcoin

Use the OpenTimestamps client against your own Bitcoin node. Orphograph is not in the loop. Math and proof-of-work are the trust surface.

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The most recent receipt was issued at

Shown in your local time, UTC, and every IANA time zone the browser knows.

On legality. Orphograph is not a notary public, nor a registered timestamping authority under eIDAS or equivalent statute. Admissibility in any jurisdiction is determined by counsel and the relevant court, not by this office.
On privacy. Files are hashed in your browser and never transmitted. The office retains no copy of the original. The receipt contains the fingerprint, the time of submission, and the calendar attestations only.
On survival. Receipts verify by reference to the Bitcoin blockchain, using open-source software (OpenTimestamps) that does not depend on this office continuing to exist.
On the guarantee. The privacy contract is structural, not promissory. The architecture cannot disclose what it never received — independent of who reads, writes, or maintains the code.