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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.
Litigation
Preserve a deposition transcript exactly as received, with its certificate, correction sheets and later versions kept separately.
Preserve a deposition transcript exactly as received, with its certificate, correction sheets and later versions kept separately. Keep your original source records together, then date the exact files. It does not certify testimony, prove the copy came from the reporter, establish truth, complete a court filing, meet a review deadline or guarantee admissibility.
Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.
EXAMPLE
Deposition or business-records copy as received
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
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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.
Deposition or business-records copy as received
Deposition or business-records copy as received
01 · Keep the exact files
Keep the original files for deposition or business-records copy as received. Include any existing photos, signed records and source-system exports.
Records to keep: The transcript or subpoenaed business records exactly as delivered
Deposition or business-records copy as received
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.
Deposition or business-records copy as received
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 the saved copy matters.
Real cases where dated records mattered. We don’t claim a time receipt would have changed the result.
US federal — Ninth Circuit; Oregon case · 2005
Explain each suggested change to testimony
A party offered many transcript changes with weak reasons and problems over timing and a request to review. The court kept the correction sheet out. The wider appeal was mixed, with a separate claim sent back for more work.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the source ›US federal — Third Circuit; Pennsylvania case · 2010
Review time may start before your copy arrives
A supplier sent late changes to testimony and disputed whether they reached the other side. The court counted review time from notice that the transcript was ready, not when a paid copy arrived. It kept the refusal and earlier ruling.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the source ›US federal — Eleventh Circuit; Florida case · 2010
Large testimony rewrites can lead to penalties
Lawyers sent a long list of changes to a client's testimony and kept a case going without sound grounds. Most judges kept money penalties against the lawyers. One judge disagreed.
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.
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Rule 30(e) and (f), current text reprinted by Cornell LII
On a timely pre-completion review request, the rule allows 30 days after officer notification of availability for review and a signed change statement with reasons. Officer certification and delivery/storage are separate. A file receipt does not replace these events or rules.
Source summary as of 2026-10-29. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceFederal Rules of Evidence
Rule 1003, current text reprinted by Cornell LII
Duplicates are generally admitted to the same extent as originals subject to genuine authenticity questions and unfairness exceptions. This is a conditional duplicate rule, not automatic acceptance of a time receipt or every transcript.
Source summary as of 2026-10-29. 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 certify testimony, prove the copy came from the reporter, establish truth, complete a court filing, meet a review deadline or guarantee admissibility.
It does not certify testimony, prove the copy came from the reporter, establish truth, complete a court filing, meet a review deadline or guarantee admissibility.
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 file receipt make my transcript certified?
No. Federal Rule 30 assigns certification of the oath and accurate record to the deposition officer. A receipt dates the submitted file without supplying that certificate.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerDoes the federal review period start when I timestamp a copy?
No. When Rule 30(e)'s conditions apply, its 30-day period runs from the officer's notification that the transcript or recording is available. Orders, stipulations and local rules still matter.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerShould I overwrite the received transcript with corrections?
This preservation workflow keeps the received copy and later material separate. Rule 30 describes a signed change statement with reasons and attachment to the certificate; this page does not advise what changes are permitted.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerIs any duplicate automatically accepted in federal court?
No. Rule 1003 includes authenticity and fairness exceptions, and other requirements can still matter. A timestamp does not decide whether a particular copy may be used.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerCan a dated correction sheet fix late or unsupported changes?
No. The cited Third Circuit decision examined timing, notice and reasons and upheld refusal to use the late changes. A file date is only one limited fact.
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.