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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.
certificate/license as issued record checklist
Keep the certificate exactly as the issuer supplied it.
Certificate/license as issued record checklist — Keep the certificate exactly as the issuer supplied it. Save the issued PDF, roster and the issuer’s source record. Keep each corrected version separately.
Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.
EXAMPLE
Certificate/license as issued
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.
Certificate/license as issued
Certificate/license as issued
01 · Keep the exact files
Save the issued PDF, roster and the issuer’s source record. Keep each corrected version separately.
Records to keep: Issued certificate PDF and roster file
Certificate/license as issued
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.
Certificate/license as issued
03 · Keep the evidence
Give a verifier the exact file and the issuer’s own verification route. This site does not issue or validate credentials.
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.
United Kingdom · 2015
Certificate checks need records to back them
A student's awards were called false after the issuing body said it had no record. The first judge had no scan or account of its checks. The appeal panel found an error and ordered a fresh hearing; whether the awards were real stayed open.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the decision ›Singapore · 2025
False course records can leave awards unusable
Three former course staff went to jail for false records of who took and passed safety classes. The regulator said their firm's awards no longer counted. Workers needed fresh approved training before doing jobs that required those awards.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the report ›United Arab Emirates · 2026
Tie a false certificate to its maker
A person faced a claim of making a false training award, but who made it and when remained in doubt. A news report says the appeal court kept the not-guilty result. It still ordered the award taken away.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the report ›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 Rules of Evidence
FRE 902(13) and 902(14): self-authentication of records from an electronic process and of data copied from a device, authenticated by digital identification (hash values noted in the committee notes); needs a qualified person's certification and advance notice
Hash-based identification is a recognized route to authenticate a file copy; it authenticates the copy, not the truth of content or the date by itself. Rules, not a ruling on timestamp receipts.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceeIDAS Regulation (EU) 910/2014, Article 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 sourceCertificate disputes above
Decisions turn on issuer records and the balance of probabilities or criminal proof, with no rule found naming hash or timestamp receipts
No primary rule found on third-party timestamps for issued certificates; say each body decides.
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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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 who issued or earned the certificate, that the training happened, that the holder passed, or that any court or accreditor will accept it.
This cannot establish training, a passing result, a genuine issuer or the holder’s entitlement.
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.
Do I upload learner names or certificates to Timevolt?
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.
Does a time receipt prove my certificate is real?
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 happens if I fix a typo in a certificate afterwards?
Any change, even one character, makes a different fingerprint. The old receipt covers only the original file, so get a new receipt for the corrected one.
How is this different from a verification lookup page?
A lookup page asks the issuer's own database, which the issuer can edit or take down. A time receipt is dated by an independent authority and anchored in Bitcoin, so the date does not rest on the issuer alone.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerCan a court or accreditor refuse it?
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 answerHow do I check a certificate against a receipt later?
Fingerprint the file in question the same way. If the fingerprint matches the one on the receipt, it is the same bytes; if not, it differs.
Should I stamp each certificate or the whole roster?
Both work. Stamping each PDF plus the roster file in one batch gives a dated record per certificate and of the full list issued that day.
Is this the same as a blockchain credential like Blockcerts?
Related idea, different job. Blockchain credential platforms sign and publish credentials per holder, often for a fee per credential. A time receipt dates files you already have, with no change to how you issue.
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.