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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.
proof of payment
Have the bank record ready when a payment is disputed.
Proof of payment — Have the bank record ready when a payment is disputed. Keep the bank confirmation and invoice. We do not receive the payment-evidence file you fingerprint. Our payment processor handles any purchase you make from Timevolt; our Privacy Policy explains the related billing data.
Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.
EXAMPLE
Payment made record
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?
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 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.
Payment made record
Payment made record
01 · Keep the exact files
Save the bank or provider confirmation, invoice and relevant messages. Keep the payment reference with those source records.
Records to keep: Confirmation · Invoice
Payment made record
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.
Payment made record
03 · Keep the evidence
Keep the original records and use the bank or payee’s own dispute process. This site dates files; it does not process or verify payments.
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 · 2016
Keep receipts when paying cash at banks
A customer said a partner paid a card bill in cash, but the bank had no record. The receipt was gone, and the customer gave different dates. The ombudsman could not be sure the payment was made and rejected the complaint.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the decision ›United Kingdom · 2013
Keep the receipt for each cash payment
A borrower said they paid cash after an earlier cheque payment was canceled. There was no receipt or bank record, and promised phone records were not sent. The ombudsman rejected the complaint because the proof did not show the payment was likely made.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the decision ›United Kingdom · 2014
Confirm which payment will close the account
A customer said a payment cleared the card debt, but had no proof she had asked for the closing figure. Both sides accepted the ombudsman's plan. The bank would close the debt, stop chasing it and remove later poor payment records.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the decision ›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
FRE 902(13) and 902(14): self-authenticating certified electronic records and data copied from a device, authenticated by digital identification such as a hash value, with a qualified person's certification
The 2017 Committee Note treats identical hash values as reliable evidence that a copy is an exact duplicate. The rules are about authenticity; a time receipt would still need certification and does not decide weight or admissibility of the underlying record.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceCivil courts, Civil Evidence Act 1995
Section 8: a document or a copy of it can be used to prove a statement in it if the statement is admissible, copy authenticated as the court approves
The Act sets how documents are proved but does not mention timestamps or hashes; the court decides weight.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceFinancial Ombudsman Service
Decides on the balance of probabilities, weighing all evidence on what most likely happened
No rule on timestamps. In the decisions read, a missing receipt, no bank record, unsent phone records and inconsistent dates counted against the customer; no rule on how a dated copy would be treated.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceResidential rent
Real Property Law 235-e: a landlord must give a written receipt for rent paid in cash or by any instrument other than a personal check, showing date, amount, premises, period and signer; a receipt for personal checks on written request
For rent, the law expects the payee's own signed receipt. A time receipt for your copy does not replace it and should be described as a backup. Check current text, as aggregator pages may lag.
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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Related workflows.
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 the payment was made, cleared or reached the right account, who made the files, or that a screenshot is genuine; the payee, bank or court still decides what it accepts.
The receipt cannot establish that money moved, cleared or reached the correct account. A saved screenshot can be false.
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.
Is a screenshot of my payment confirmation enough proof?
Often it is a start but not the strongest. Screenshots are easy to edit, so back them up with a bank statement line, the payee reference and any messages about the payment. A time receipt shows your file existed unchanged by a date, which shows that the selected file existed by the witnessed time.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerWill a time receipt prove I paid?
No. It proves these exact files existed by the date on the receipt. It does not show the money left your account, arrived at the right account, or that the screenshot is genuine. Bank and payee records provide separate evidence of those events.
What should I keep to prove a payment later?
The confirmation or receipt, the invoice, the payee name and account or reference, the matching bank statement line, and any messages about it. Do not throw away a paying-in slip: in one Financial Ombudsman case the customer did, and the complaint failed.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerWhat if the bank or the other side says they have no record of my payment?
Ombudsmen decide on the balance of probabilities, weighing your evidence against the bank's records. Receipts, statements, consistent dates and a clear trail help; a missing receipt or changing dates hurt.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerDoes a landlord have to give me a receipt for rent?
It depends where you live. In New York, a landlord must give a written receipt for cash or any payment other than a personal check, and for a personal check if you ask in writing. Check your local rules.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerIs my file uploaded 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.
Will a court accept a time receipt?
That is up to the court or body. US federal rules let a hash value help authenticate an exact copy of an electronic record when a qualified person certifies it. Other places are silent. A time receipt supports your evidence; it does not decide a case.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerI paid the wrong account. Can a time receipt help?
It cannot fix that, but keeping the confirmation with the recipient details and reference matters: one rent platform case traced a missing payment to money sent to the wrong account ID.
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.