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Preserve exact manuscript versions before later submission or comparison, without claiming research priority or rights from a date alone.

Preserve exact manuscript versions before later submission or comparison, without claiming research priority or rights from a date alone. Keep your original source records together, then date the exact files. It does not prove identity, authorship, truth, location, sending, receipt, consent, approval, completeness, rights or the outcome.

Try a file locally

Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.

EXAMPLE
Manuscript priority
1 Nov 2026
Authority time: 14:02 UTC · example
Bitcoin block time: 14:10 UTC · example
Last checked: 15:02 UTC · example
✓ Dated◆ Permanent
Now keep it safe: three things
  1. Keep your photos and files unedited. The receipt only matches the originals. Put them in an album such as “My records”.
  2. Save this receipt to your camera roll.

    Keep the receipt file too. The image is a handy copy; checking needs the file.

  3. 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?

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.

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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.

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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 up
      Write 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.

        1. Write it down straight away, on paper or in the box on a step.
        2. Put the date, time and place at the top, and who you spoke to.
        3. Use their words where you can; separate what you saw from what you were told.
        4. Sign or initial a paper note, photograph it and add the photo.
        5. 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.
        Manuscript priority
        Manuscript priority

        01 · Keep the exact files

        Keep the original files for manuscript priority. Include any existing photos, signed records and source-system exports.

        Records to keep: Manuscript · Figures

        Manuscript priority

        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.

        Manuscript priority

        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.

        US federal · 2020

        Earlier access does not prove protected copying

        A writer said a musical copied an earlier life story that had not been published. The court found shared facts and other material outside copyright and kept the show makers' win. It did not decide fair use.

        Summarized on Oct 29, 2026

        Read the source ›

        Related cases

        US federal historical patent law · 2009

        A catalog entry needs proof of public access

        Related: manuscript public search availability

        A patent board used a manuscript to reject claims, but evidence did not show when its catalog details became searchable. The appeal court set that ruling aside and sent the case back. Other patent questions stayed open; no patent was ordered.

        Summarized on Oct 29, 2026

        Read the source ›
        US California · 1956

        Record what a story submission promised about pay

        Related: paid story pitch and contract claims

        A writer said a producer took a story outline offered on terms of payment. The court reopened that claim, kept two others closed and rejected a separate bid to appeal. It did not find the deal or use proved.

        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.

        Needs something else · US federal

        US Copyright Office

        Literary works have a government registration route.

        Official page includes manuscripts and routes for literary and unpublished works; a private receipt does not perform the application, deposit or review.

        Source summary as of 2026-10-29. Check the current source and applicable local rules.

        Read the source
        Needs something else · US federal

        US Copyright Office

        Qualifying fixed writing and registration are distinct.

        General FAQ explains fixation and government registration and rejects self-mailing as a registration substitute; no timestamp service endorsement.

        Source summary as of 2026-10-29. Check the current source and applicable local rules.

        Read the source

        Other ways to do this

        Prices change. Check each provider’s site for current prices and service details.

        • WGAW Registry

          Registers a writer's declared claim to a work.

          Visit site

        • Safe Creative

          Provides private certificate and file-version service.

          Visit site

        • Protect My Work

          Provides private file storage and dated certificates.

          Visit site

        Related workflows.

        Working notes for a puzzle/decipherment/analysisGrant proposalInvention disclosureLab notebook pagesStudy preregistrationDataset version

        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, authorship, truth, location, sending, receipt, consent, approval, completeness, rights or the outcome.

        It does not prove identity, authorship, truth, location, sending, receipt, consent, approval, completeness, rights or the 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 an earlier file establish that a later work copied mine?

        No. The 2020 appeal considered protected expression and the actual similarities; earlier completion did not establish unlawful copying.

        Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.

        Context for this answer
        Is a private archive the same as a searchable public record?

        No. The 2009 case required evidence about public accessibility and database timing. It did not treat private existence as public availability.

        Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.

        Context for this answer
        Does this establish academic or patent priority?

        No. The historical patent appeal concerned a particular public-access record and left further issues open.

        Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.

        Context for this answer
        Is guild registration government copyright registration?

        The guild explicitly distinguishes its dated authorship-claim record from Copyright Office registration.

        Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.

        Context for this answer
        Must I retain the actual manuscript?

        The literary registration route concerns the work itself and has its own application and deposit requirements. A receipt cannot supply the original writing or those requirements.

        Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.

        Context for this answer

        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.