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Keep the exact thesis version and the university's actual submission confirmation as separate records.

Keep the exact thesis version and the university's actual submission confirmation as separate records. Keep your original source records together, then date the exact files. It does not prove origin, identity, location, truth, sending, acceptance, compliance or the outcome of a dispute.

Try a file locally

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

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Thesis or dissertation
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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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.
        Thesis or dissertation
        Thesis or dissertation

        01 · Keep the exact files

        Keep the original files for thesis or dissertation. Include any existing photos, signed records and source-system exports.

        Records to keep: Thesis · Data

        Thesis or dissertation

        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.

        Thesis or dissertation

        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.

        Singapore · 2018

        Check each step of the submission

        A candidate sent a thesis file but refused the required online upload and form. The court found that sending the file did not meet those separate steps. The claims failed, though the court rejected some other demands made by the university.

        Deliberate refusal, not an accidental failed upload. Some other university conditions were unreasonable; a form clause was too broad.

        Summarized on Oct 29, 2026

        Read the source ›

        Related cases

        England and Wales higher education · 2013

        An unanswered extension request can make submission unfair

        Related: thesis extension request process

        A student had to choose whether to submit before the university ruled on a request for more time. The reviewer found that unfair. It urged a fresh chance with no mark cap and better extension rules, not an automatic degree.

        Summarized on Oct 29, 2026

        Read the source ›
        England and Wales higher education · 2023

        Outside help does not explain every late appeal

        Related: university appeal deadlines

        A student paid an agency, then appealed eight months late after a second failed paper. No proof showed the student could not ask the university for help. The reviewer rejected the complaint and did not reopen the late appeal.

        Summarized on Oct 29, 2026

        Read the source ›
        England and Wales higher education · 2024

        Support from a supervisor does not settle assessment

        Related: dissertation assessment and supervision

        A PhD student said good feedback showed the examiners were wrong. The notes also had criticism, and the reviewer found the process sound and rejected the complaint. The rewrite route offered a lower degree, not an assured PhD.

        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 · University of Cambridge UK covered postgraduate research degrees

        Degree Committees and thesis submission

        Thesis submission checklist updated March 2026

        Requires specified format, declaration, permissions and a separate completed checklist; approved additional materials have conditions. A file receipt replaces none of these and proves neither originality nor acceptance.

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

        Read the source
        Needs something else · Stanford University US

        Axess Dissertation and Thesis Center

        Current submission checklist

        Submission includes institutional steps, appropriate PDF and permissions, committee signature requirements and Final Reader certification by the applicable deadline; timestamping a local PDF is not submission.

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

        Read the source
        Needs something else · University of Helsinki Finland covered master and licentiate programs

        E-thesis

        Current thesis submission instructions and 2026 to 2027 schedules

        Final thesis goes through the institutional system, which sends email confirmation and locks editing after submission; schedules vary by program. Preserve actual confirmation separately.

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

        Read the source

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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 origin, identity, location, truth, sending, acceptance, compliance or the outcome of a dispute.

        It does not prove origin, identity, location, truth, sending, acceptance, compliance or the outcome of a dispute.

        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 time receipt prove university submission?

        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
        Is uploading the PDF the last step everywhere?

        No. Stanford also requires its Final Reader certification and other institutional steps.

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

        Context for this answer
        Can I submit any thesis file format?

        Cambridge requires the format and naming style specified by the relevant Degree Committee.

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

        Context for this answer
        Does a timestamp prove original scholarship or permissions?

        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
        Does supportive feedback guarantee a degree?

        No. The 2024 ombudsman case distinguished supervision feedback from the examiners' academic assessment.

        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.