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Keep the submitted manuscript, reviewer report and each revised version together.

Keep the submitted manuscript, reviewer report and each revised version together. Keep your original source records together, then date the exact files. It does not prove submission, reviewer identity, confidential access, research accuracy, acceptance or fair peer review.

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

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Submitted vs revised paper versions
1 Nov 2026
Authority time: 14:02 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
  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?

    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.
      Submitted vs revised paper versions
      Submitted vs revised paper versions

      01 · Keep the exact files

      Keep the original files for submitted vs revised paper versions. Include any existing photos, signed records and source-system exports.

      Records to keep: Each submitted manuscript version and the referee report as delivered

      Submitted vs revised paper versions

      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.

      Submitted vs revised paper versions

      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 North Carolina · 2026

      Keep review reports with each revised manuscript

      A publisher faced claims that a paper had not passed real peer review and that its ads misled readers. Review reports and two rounds of changes supported the publisher's account. The court ruled for the publisher on both claims still open.

      Summarized on Oct 29, 2026

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      Related cases

      US federal · 2016

      Copied review forms can be spotted

      Related: Grant panel review forms

      A grant panel member copied other reviewers' forms and owned up to it. An inquiry found the copying was proved. It found too little proof that the member had claimed false work hours.

      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 · Elsevier journals as specified by each journal

      Elsevier publishing support

      Tracked-change and clean revision submission instructions

      Some journals request both marked and clean files and correct upload types; consult the revision letter and journal guide. A receipt is not submission confirmation.

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

      Read the source
      Needs something else · NIHR Open Research platform

      NIHR Open Research

      Open peer-review and article versioning guidelines

      The platform publishes article versions and reports and invites further review of revisions; these are platform processes, not timestamp-provider endorsement.

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

      Read the source

      Other ways to do this

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      • Editorial Manager

        Provides publisher submission and peer-review system.

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      • Digital Commons Journals

        Archives editorial decisions and manuscript revisions.

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      Related workflows.

      Quarterly user access review: the reviewer list, decisions and removals frozen as submittedAccess or license request, manager approval and grantQuarterly user access review: the list shown to the reviewer, each keep/remove decision and proof removals happenedHuman-in-the-loop approval before an AI agent executes a high-impact action (refund, payment instruction, production change, customer message)Who was physically present at a members' or condo board meetingHuman-made process record

      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 submission, reviewer identity, confidential access, research accuracy, acceptance or fair peer review.

      It does not prove submission, reviewer identity, confidential access, research accuracy, acceptance or fair peer review.

      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.

      Should I keep clean and marked manuscript copies?

      Elsevier says some journals require both. Follow the journal's revision letter and file categories.

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

      Context for this answer
      Is a revised manuscript automatically the version under review?

      Digital Commons lets editors select the version used for review; keep the journal's submission and decision records.

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

      Context for this answer
      Will every peer-review report remain public?

      NIHR Open Research keeps its versions and reports published. That is its open-review model, not a rule for every journal.

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

      Context for this answer
      Does turning off tracking remove earlier marks?

      Elsevier's instructions say it stops new tracking but does not remove previous highlighting; save a separate clean copy as instructed.

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

      Context for this answer
      Does a time receipt show a journal received the paper?

      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.

      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.