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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 existing sketches and progress exports alongside the final artwork.
Keep existing sketches and progress exports alongside the final artwork. Keep your original source records together, then date the exact files. It does not prove identity, origin, truth, physical state, presence, consent, authority, sending, delivery, acceptance or outcome.
Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.
EXAMPLE
Artwork in progress
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.
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?
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.
Artwork in progress
Artwork in progress
01 · Keep the exact files
Keep the original files for artwork in progress. Include any existing photos, signed records and source-system exports.
Records to keep: Sketch · Progress · Final
Artwork in progress
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.
Artwork in progress
03 · Keep the evidence
Keep the original files and complete receipt separately, alongside any existing venue, signature and workflow records.
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.
United States, Third Circuit · 1978
Shared sources can explain similar artwork
Two bird paintings looked alike, and the court examined sketches, common sources and a painting made live in court. The appeal court kept the finding that copying was not proved. It did not decide the disputed transfer and publication issues.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the source ›United States, Ninth Circuit · 2010
Early sketches still need their contract context
A dispute over early sketches and a model turned on a job agreement and what it covered. The appeal court removed brand-transfer orders and a copying ban. More steps were needed, with no final overall winner.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the source ›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
Visual-artist registration and fixation guidance
Protection starts with eligible original fixed expression; registration requires application, fee and deposit. A private time receipt is not that registration.
Source summary as of 2026-10-29. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceUS Copyright Office
Copyright general FAQ
Sending yourself a copy is not a substitute for registration; ideas themselves are outside copyright protection. No endorsement of a commercial timestamp.
Source summary as of 2026-10-29. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
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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 identity, origin, truth, physical state, presence, consent, authority, sending, delivery, acceptance or outcome.
It does not prove identity, origin, truth, physical state, presence, consent, authority, sending, delivery, acceptance or outcome.
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.
Does a receipt register my artwork?
No. The Office describes a separate application, fee and deposited copy.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerDoes an unfinished digital drawing have to be posted?
The guidance ties protection to original expression fixed in a medium, not public posting.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerDoes displaying art always mean publication?
No. The Office distinguishes public display alone from distribution or offers to distribute.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerDoes a dated idea become protected artwork?
Copyright does not protect an idea itself; it may protect eligible expression.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerCan visual artwork be registered through the Office?
Yes. The visual-arts page lists paintings, drawings, sculpture and other categories; eligibility and application requirements still apply.
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.