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Orphograph — press resources.

A reference page for journalists, trade-publication writers, and analysts. The sections below give a one-paragraph description of the instrument, quotable facts, press contacts, brand assets, and sample assertion language suitable for direct citation. The page is written in the same institutional voice as the rest of the office's published material. A deeper resource — boilerplate text in three lengths, a live sample receipt, downloadable assets, and longer attributable statements — is at Press kit →.

1 · What it is, in one paragraph

Orphograph is a Bitcoin-anchored notary. It issues receipts of file existence — a cryptographic attestation that a specific byte sequence was in the customer's possession by a specific moment in time — without the file itself ever leaving the customer's device. The SHA-256 fingerprint is computed locally; only the fingerprint is submitted to the office, which forwards it to the OpenTimestamps calendars for aggregation and Bitcoin commitment. Folder anchoring, shipped 2026-05-20, extends the construction to working sets: a single receipt covers an arbitrary directory by RFC 6962 sorted-leaves Merkle root, with selective disclosure of any individual file via a logarithmic inclusion proof. An offline, MIT-licensed verifier kit is downloadable at /dist/orphograph-verify.zip. The technical method is described in detail at /method/folder-merkle.html.

2 · Quotable facts

The protocol is open-source under MIT — see /LICENSE.
The verifier runs without an account and without contacting the office.
The office anchors the SHA-256 fingerprint only; the file itself never crosses the network.
The Bitcoin chain provides the time-stamp; the office is replaceable.
Folder anchoring covers an arbitrary working set with one receipt and per-file selective disclosure.
Five independent OpenTimestamps calendars are used; receipts upgrade to a Bitcoin commitment in roughly one hour.
Public method documentation is at /method/ — six pages including the evidence-law overview at /method/evidence-law.html.

3 · Press contacts

General correspondence: [email protected].

Security findings, vulnerability reports, and coordinated disclosure: [email protected]. The policy is recorded in /security.html.

The office responds to press inquiries within a small number of business days.

4 · Brand assets

The institutional seal: /seal.png. The favicon: /favicon.png.

Brand colors, taken from the live stylesheet:

cream #f7f1e3 background ink #14110d body confirm-green #3a6a4c accent

Wordmark guidance: the wordmark "Orphograph" is set in the same serif used for page headings throughout the site. Where a substitute is required, any classical book-weight serif at a regular or medium weight is appropriate. No third-party brand-font reference is used.

5 · Sample assertion language

Two short paragraphs suitable for direct quotation or paraphrase.

"Orphograph operates as an empirical notary: it issues Bitcoin-anchored receipts that a file existed at a given moment, without the file itself ever leaving the customer's device."

"The instrument is technical evidence, not a legal opinion."

6 · What the office is not

Not a law firm.
Not a qualified electronic trust service.
Not a regulated medical-records system.
Not a financial advisor.

The office issues a narrow technical instrument and describes its limits plainly. The longer doctrinal treatment is at /method/evidence-law.html; an overview of the office's posture is at /about-the-office.html; service availability is published at /status.html.

Disclaimer. The office is not a law firm, not a qualified electronic-trust-service provider, and not a financial advisor. The description above is a plain-English summary of the protocol and a reference for press use; it is not legal advice and does not establish an attorney–client relationship. The evidentiary weight of a receipt in any particular jurisdiction depends on the rules and statutes of that jurisdiction and on the facts of the matter. A customer with an actual dispute should consult counsel admitted in the relevant jurisdiction.