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TimeBinder adds a layer of protection against AI and human fraud and disputes.

TimeBinder adds a layer of protection against AI and human fraud and disputes. A TimeBind records that an exact file existed no later than a recorded time and still matches. The fingerprint is made in your browser and the file stays on your device.

Commission links to third-party tools

Some pages on timebinder.io include links to other companies’ tools. If you buy something through one of those links, TimeBinder may earn a commission. That does not change the price you pay.

We choose which tools to mention on merit, with caveats written in plain language. A mention is not a claim that a tool is perfect, or that it does the same job as TimeBinder. We currently take part in the Proton Partners programme and the BoldSign affiliate programme. Where a page links to a Proton product such as Proton Pass, Proton Mail or Proton Drive, or to BoldSign, that link may be an affiliate link. Affiliate links are marked “affiliate link” next to the link, and they use the rel="sponsored" attribute. TimeBinder may earn a commission if you buy through one, at no extra cost to you. We may join other programmes later; this notice will be updated if we do.

TimeBinder also has its own affiliate programme for people who refer others to TimeBinder. That is separate from any links to third-party tools.

What TimeBinder itself is. TimeBinder records that an exact file existed no later than a recorded time and still matches. The fingerprint is made in your browser and the file stays on your device. It does not detect AI, and it does not show who made a file, who owns it, or that its contents are true. Commission links do not change that.

How links are marked

When a third-party link can earn TimeBinder a commission, we say so clearly next to the link or at the top of that section. The link also uses the rel="sponsored" attribute, which tells search engines it is a paid relationship.

Advertising and endorsement rules we follow

Material connections must be clear. In the United States, that is required by the Federal Trade Commission’s Endorsement Guides. In the United Kingdom, the Competition and Markets Authority and the Advertising Standards Authority / CAP Code treat affiliate marketing as advertising that has to be identifiable. In Australia, the ACCC requires prominent disclosure so a recommendation is not misleading. In the European Union, the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive requires paid promotions to be identifiable as such.

If a tool has no programme, or we have not joined one, we will still mention it where it is useful, as an ordinary editorial link, not as a paid one.

Contact

Questions about this notice, or about a link on the site, can be sent to support@timebinder.io or by calling +61 1300 539 186.

Postal address: TimeBinder, c/o BTN Accountants, 194 Varsity Parade, Varsity Lakes QLD 4227, Australia.

Your file’s fingerprint, anchored to a global network secured by real electricity and cryptography.

Editing a file—including with AI—changes its fingerprint, not its existing network record.

How this works

Your file’s SHA-256 fingerprint, a short code worked out from its exact contents, is made in your browser, and the file itself stays on your device. A cryptographic commitment to that fingerprint, which may be combined with others, is then anchored in a block on the Bitcoin blockchain. Bitcoin is secured by proof of work: computers around the world spend real electricity to add each block, and changing an earlier block would mean redoing that work faster than the rest of the network. Until that block is confirmed, your proof is pending. Once the Bitcoin anchoring is confirmed, you can verify the proof against that recorded commitment. The confirmed record can then be checked; Pooled TimeBinds are checked through TimeBinder, while ASAP TimeBinds can also be checked independently. If you check the file later and its fingerprint still matches, that shows the file existed no later than the recorded time. The record doesn’t show who made the file, whether AI was used, or that its contents are true.

Your filestays on your device
FingerprintSHA-256
Network timestampon Bitcoin