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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.
bank statement proof
Keep the exact statement you downloaded.
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.
Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.
EXAMPLE
Bank statements downloaded at the time
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?
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.
Bank statements downloaded at the time
Bank statements downloaded at the time
01 · Keep the exact files
Save the bank-issued export without editing it. Keep the bank’s verification and correspondence separately.
Records to keep: Monthly statement PDFs, saved as soon as they are downloaded
Bank statements downloaded at the time
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.
Bank statements downloaded at the time
03 · Keep the evidence
Keep the exact original and follow the receiving bank, lender or court’s verification process. This site does not supply financial verification.
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 the saved copy matters.
Real cases where dated records mattered. We don’t claim a time receipt would have changed the result.
UK · 2025
Check submitted statements against the bank's copies
A borrower gave a lender bank statements with changed payee details. The bank's copies showed the changes, and the reviewer rejected blame on file-format or text-reading faults. The borrower lost the complaint, and the fraud report stood.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the decision ›UK · 2025
A claimed balance needs proof from the bank
A customer claimed a bank balance that its own statements did not show. The reviewer found added figures in the customer's copies and no proof the money came in. The complaint failed.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the decision ›UK · 2019
A statement that looks real may be changed
A lender checked a car-loan statement against the bank's copy and found changed entries. The named applicant denied applying but showed no evidence to support that denial. The reviewer left the fraud marker in place.
The approximate 2019 decision date is supported by PDF metadata rather than a confirmed printed decision date.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the decision ›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.
Federal courts, Federal Rules of Evidence 902(11), 902(13) and 902(14)
FRE 902(11) lets a records custodian's certification authenticate a bank's regularly kept records. Rule 902(14), added in 2017, lets data copied from a file be authenticated by a process of digital identification, and the committee note names hash values as the example.
Supports hash comparison as a way to show a copy matches an original, the same idea as a time receipt. It does not itself address the date, and a qualified person's certification and notice are still required. Rule text read via Cornell LII.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
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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 show the bank issued the file, that the figures are true, who downloaded it, or that a court, lender or tribunal will accept it.
A timestamp cannot show the bank issued a file, the figures are accurate or a recipient will accept it.
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 time receipt prove my bank statement is genuine?
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.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerDo I need to upload my statement?
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.
Why would anyone question when I downloaded a statement?
In a dispute, the other side may argue a statement was edited or only saved after the dispute began. A receipt from before then answers the second point only.
How can a lender or court tell a PDF was edited?
Reviewers check metadata such as creator software and dates, whether the balances add up, and any bank digital signature. Metadata showing a consumer editing tool can raise questions.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerIs a hash accepted as proof a copy matches the original?
US federal evidence rules recognize comparing hash values to authenticate a copy of data, through a qualified person's certification. Other venues differ.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerIs emailing the PDF to myself good enough?
It gives a date, but one controlled by the mail provider and easy to dispute. A time receipt uses an independent timestamp authority and a Bitcoin anchor.
Should I save a statement every month?
Yes. A monthly habit means each file is dated near its issue date, and a run of receipts shows a steady pattern.
The 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.