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How?
Add the exact original files for this part of the record. Keep them unchanged; a different export or edit has a different fingerprint.
Add link and screenshots
The link is recorded, not fetched or verified.
Creative
Keep the stages behind the finished artwork.
Keep the stages behind the finished artwork. Keep sketches, layers and versions as the work develops. A date records the file, not how it was made.
Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.
EXAMPLE
Human-made process record
1 Nov 2026
Authority time: 14:02 UTC · example
Bitcoin block time: 14:10 UTC · example
Last checked: 15:02 UTC · example
Bitcoin block time: 14:10 UTC · example
Last checked: 15:02 UTC · example
✓ Dated◆ Permanent
Now keep it safe: three things
- Keep your photos and files unedited. The receipt only matches the originals. Put them in an album such as “My records”.
- Save this receipt to your camera roll.
Keep the receipt file too. The image is a handy copy; checking needs the file.
- Email it to yourself.Email it to myself
Your mail app opens a draft. Attach your receipt image and receipt file. Don’t attach your photos or documents. Timevolt does not send it or know whether it was sent.
Your record, one step at a time.
Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.
Local preview: files are fingerprinted here. Notes and progress stay in this browser. Keep downloaded copies; browser storage is not a backup.
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How?
Add the exact original files for this part of the record. Keep them unchanged; a different export or edit has a different fingerprint.
Add link and screenshots
The link is recorded, not fetched or verified.
0 items
How?
Add the exact original files for this part of the record. Keep them unchanged; a different export or edit has a different fingerprint.
Add link and screenshots
The link is recorded, not fetched or verified.
0 items
How?
Record the date, time, place and who you spoke to. New notes are saved separately rather than editing an old note.
How to keep notes that hold upWrite it down
By making a receipt you agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy. The Bitcoin record is permanent.
By making a receipt you agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy. The Bitcoin record is permanent.
How to keep notes that hold up
Write notes as soon as you can. Keep the original account rather than replacing it later; the venue decides what weight it gets.
- Write it down straight away, on paper or in the box on a step.
- Put the date, time and place at the top, and who you spoke to.
- Use their words where you can; separate what you saw from what you were told.
- Sign or initial a paper note, photograph it and add the photo.
- Never edit an old note. Add a new dated entry when something changes. A device save time is not independent time evidence or proof of event order.
Human-made process record
Human-made process record
01 · Keep the exact files
Export sketches, layer files, references and optional timelapse at meaningful stages, rather than only after a dispute.
Records to keep: Sketches · Layers · Final
Human-made process record
02 · Date the file’s code
Your device fingerprints the selected file or manifest. Dated follows an independent timestamp; Permanent follows Bitcoin anchoring.
An independent time, tied to the exact bytes.
Human-made process record
03 · Keep the evidence
Keep the exact stages and any content credentials or app history. Compare each version with its own fingerprint.
Keep the originals too. A changed or compressed copy has a different fingerprint.
Try a file. It stays here.
Make a test receipt on this device.
By making a receipt you agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy. The Bitcoin record is permanent.
or drop a file here
Real cases: why dated versions matter.
Real cases where dated records mattered. We don’t claim a time receipt would have changed the result.
US · 2025
Show the human choices behind AI assisted art
An artist was first refused copyright for work made with AI tools. A later video showed the artist making choices and edits. The office then approved rights in those human choices, while leaving out the AI parts.
Based on commentary; the Copyright Office letter was not reviewed.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the report ›Related cases
What courts, schemes and regulators say.
Positions below refer to the cited rule or record type, not endorsement of Timevolt. This service is not represented as an eIDAS qualified timestamp provider. A non-qualified timestamp does not receive the qualified timestamp presumption.
US Copyright Office (registration)
Requires human authorship; applicants must disclose AI-generated content that is more than de minimis and describe their human contribution (88 Fed. Reg. 16190, March 2023 guidance, via secondary summaries).
The Office asks for a written account of the human contribution and does not mention third-party timestamps. Process video was reportedly helpful in the 2025 Invoke matter, but no stated rule about timestamps.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceD.C. Circuit human-authorship decision (2025)
Copyright Act requires human authorship; AI as sole author not registrable (D.C. Circuit, March 2025).
Sets the legal standard but says nothing about timestamps or process records.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceeIDAS Regulation (EU) 910/2014, Art. 41
Electronic or nonqualified form alone is not a reason to deny a timestamp legal effect or admissibility. Other evidence requirements still apply. Article 41(2) addresses the qualified-timestamp presumption, and Article 42 its requirements; provider status alone is insufficient.
This describes the statutory evidence rule, not Timevolt qualification or a guarantee of admission. No claim about cross-border recognition is made here.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceDitto Music (AI-flag appeals)
Asks for project/session files, raw stems, process recordings and activity history to appeal an AI flag.
Wants the process files themselves; a time receipt could show those files existed by a date, not replace them.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceArt contests and prize bodies
No common rule; one literary prize foundation reportedly asked writers for drafts, outlines and manuscripts.
Each venue sets its own process; check the specific rules.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceOther ways to do this
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Related workflows.
Proves / Doesn’t prove
Proves
A completed time receipt shows that the exact selected file existed by the independently witnessed time. You can check whether a later copy has the same bytes. It does not establish creation time, authorship, identity, event order, location or the truth of the contents.
Doesn’t prove
It does not prove you made the files, that no AI tool touched them, or that the work is human-made; it only shows the files existed by those dates.
This cannot establish that no AI was used or how the work was made. Registration and disclosure questions are separate.
These are the bounds of a completed proof. The local tester does not establish any time. The chosen court, scheme or regulator decides what to accept.
Questions, answered plainly.
Your file stays on your device. During normal receipt creation, your device sends a randomized code made from its fingerprint, plus encrypted recovery data. It doesn't send the plain fingerprint or the random value that opens the code. Keep the original file and the complete receipt for checking. Privacy Policy.
Can a time receipt prove my art is not AI?
A completed time receipt shows that the exact selected file existed by the independently witnessed time. You can check whether a later copy has the same bytes. It does not establish creation time, authorship, identity, event order, location or the truth of the contents.
What should I stamp, and when?
Stamp as you go: sketches first, then layered files, then the final. Each gets its own date, so together they form a trail. Files you stamp after the dispute starts show less.
Do you upload my artwork?
Your file stays on your device. During normal receipt creation, your device sends a randomized code made from its fingerprint, plus encrypted recovery data. It doesn't send the plain fingerprint or the random value that opens the code. Keep the original file and the complete receipt for checking.
Is this the same as Content Credentials or a Procreate timelapse?
No, they do different jobs. Timelapse and Content Credentials describe how a work was made but come from your own tools. A time receipt is dated by an independent authority and anchored in Bitcoin. Use them together.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerWill the Copyright Office accept it?
The Office asks you to describe your human contribution and disclose AI material. It does not say it requires or rejects timestamps. A receipt can back up a process record but is not a registration.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerWill a court or a platform accept a time receipt?
Electronic or nonqualified form alone is not a reason to deny a timestamp legal effect or admissibility. Other evidence requirements still apply. Article 41(2) addresses the qualified-timestamp presumption, and Article 42 its requirements; provider status alone is insufficient.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerDo AI detectors settle this?
Reports say AI detectors are unreliable and have flagged real art. A dated trail of your files gives you something concrete to show instead.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerHow much does it cost?
See the Pricing page for current US-dollar plans and allowances. Fast is paused. Purchases open when receipts open.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerThe file tester runs on your device. It does not issue a timestamp or take a payment.
Keep the records you already have.
Keep your original files and any existing official records while the receipt service is being prepared.