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Knowledge
Intellectual property
A timestamped priority date without disclosing the work.
The problem
Establishing when a design or draft existed usually means publishing it, which is exactly what the creator wants to avoid.
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What is anchored
Designs, drafts and source, sealed at creation.
02
When it is revealed
Anchored at creation and revealed only if priority is ever disputed.
03
Who checks it
Counsel and counterparties in a dispute.
Privacy mode
Fingerprint only — the work itself stays private.
The cycle is identical
Canonicalise the artifact, hash it with a secret nonce, anchor the fingerprint, then reveal inside the window. Only the schema and the window change from one application to the next.
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The whitepaper specifies the canonicalisation, the hash construction and the contract surface in full.