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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.
dated word drafts
Coined a word? Date your drafts.
Keep exact drafts, posts and presentations containing your term, alongside independent publication records. A receipt dates the file, not the invention of a word.
Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.
EXAMPLE
Dated drafts containing a coined word
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?
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.
Dated drafts containing a coined word
Dated drafts containing a coined word
01 · Keep the exact files
Save the exact draft, post or presentation containing the term, with any independent publication record.
Records to keep: The draft, post, or deck where the term first appears
Dated drafts containing a coined word
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.
Dated drafts containing a coined word
03 · Keep the evidence
Keep each version and the publishing or sending acknowledgment. A private file date is separate from public use.
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.
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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 · 2002
Later fonts can expose an older-date claim
A publisher claimed early use of an invented word. Fonts and print methods showed key exhibits had been changed later. The court threw out the publisher's claims and imposed fees and penalties; the appeal failed.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
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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.
US Copyright Office
37 CFR 202.1(a): words and short phrases such as names, titles, and slogans are not subject to copyright
Coining a word gives no copyright, so a dated copy proves a draft existed but cannot create rights in the word itself. Priority for brand use rests on trademark use, a separate regime.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. 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
A receipt doesn't prove you were first or who coined it. It doesn't prove first use, publication, use in commerce or ownership of a term.
This cannot establish that nobody used a word earlier, that it was published or used in commerce, or ownership of a term.
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.
Can a time receipt prove I coined a word?
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.
Can I copyright a word I made up?
No. US rules say words and short phrases such as names, titles, and slogans are not subject to copyright.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerHow are trademark use records different from a dated draft?
Trademark applications concern actual use in sales or trade. Dating a draft does not establish that commercial activity.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerDo I need to upload my draft?
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.
What should I receipt: the draft or the public post?
Both if you can. A receipt for a private draft shows early existence. A dated public post shows the word was used in public.
How do dictionaries research earlier uses?
Editors look for the earliest printed or recorded citation, and researchers often find earlier ones later, as list threads on antedating show.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerWhat if the file changes after I get the receipt?
Any change, even one character, gives a different fingerprint, so the receipt covers only the exact original.
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.