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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.
Business
Keep a dated snapshot of the records behind an audit.
Keep a dated snapshot of the records behind an audit. Keep your original source records together, then date the exact files. It does not prove that controls worked, records are complete, or a business met any rule.
Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.
EXAMPLE
Compliance record on a date
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.
Compliance record on a date
Compliance record on a date
01 · Keep the exact files
Keep the original files for compliance record on a date. Include any existing photos, signed records and source-system exports.
Records to keep: Documents
Compliance record on a date
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.
Compliance record on a date
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 records made at the time matter.
Real cases where dated records mattered. We don’t claim a time receipt would have changed the result.
US federal securities · 2019
Keep original audit work apart from later edits
Audit staff learned secret plans for an inspection and then changed past work. The market watchdog fined the firm and required changes in an agreed order. The firm admitted the facts about those edits.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the source ›US federal securities · 2023
Retention settings must cover every email domain
A bank's email settings missed one domain, so required emails were lost for good. It could not supply them when watchdogs asked. The market watchdog found recordkeeping breaches and issued an agreed order.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the source ›US federal securities · 2016
Keep the full audit file and backup
An audit firm could not supply all papers sought because binder pages and some saved copies were missing. The market watchdog found a breach of record rules and imposed an agreed order. It noted better central storage and backups.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the source ›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.
PCAOB-regulated audit engagements
AS 1105 Audit Evidence
Auditors assess sufficient appropriate evidence and investigate indications of modified documents; a date receipt does not establish underlying control performance.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceSEC recordkeeping examinations
17 CFR 240.17a-4 electronic recordkeeping
Electronic recordkeeping includes record preservation, accessibility and specified audit-trail or storage controls. A separate fingerprint is not the required recordkeeping system.
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 prove that controls worked, records are complete, or a business met any rule.
It does not prove that controls worked, records are complete, or a business met any rule.
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 dated snapshot prove we met a rule?
No. It dates the exact files supplied. Rules and auditors require additional evidence about the work and controls.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerCan a hash replace our archive?
No. If the underlying files are deleted, a fingerprint cannot reconstruct them.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerWhat should the snapshot include?
Keep original exports, the period covered and related source-system logs. Choose the scope with the people responsible for your records.
Does every business have the same retention period?
No. The SEC rule cited here applies to specified securities firms and records; it is not a universal business retention schedule.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerCan we keep using our existing evidence platform?
Yes. The suggested workflow dates an exported package and preserves the matching original files alongside your existing system.
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.