Proof

The record

Is it really ours? Check it against what we've sealed in Bitcoin.

Every episode we publish, and every video, clip and file we register, is fingerprinted and timestamped into the Bitcoin blockchain. Drop a file or paste a link and your browser checks it against the record. Nothing is uploaded.

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How it works

  1. FingerprintEach official work gets a SHA-256 fingerprint: change one byte and it changes completely. A video also gets a visual fingerprint, so a copy that an app has re-encoded can still be recognised.
  2. SealNew fingerprints are listed in a batch, and the batch is timestamped into a Bitcoin block with OpenTimestamps. Once it is in a block, no one, including us, can backdate it or quietly change the list.
  3. CheckDrop a file or paste a link above. An exact match is the original. A visual match looks like a video we registered but has been re-encoded: compare it with the original we link to.

What it does and doesn't prove

A match means these bytes were registered by The Reckoning no later than the Bitcoin block shown. That is all it says. It does not say a clip is in context, and it does not say anything about who else has posted it.

No match does not mean a fake. X, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok re-encode what they host, so a copy saved from a platform will not match by hash. Video we register before posting is also matched by its pictures; episode audio matches only as the exact file from the podcast feed.

No coins, no wallets, nothing for sale. Bitcoin is used here only as a public notary.

What's in it

Batches

Don't trust us. Check.

Anyone can verify a batch without this site. Download a batch file and its .ots proof from the list above and drop both on opentimestamps.org, or run:

pip install opentimestamps-client ots verify -f batch-….txt batch-….txt.ots

A batch takes a few hours to reach a Bitcoin block. Until then it reads "awaiting its Bitcoin block" and can't be verified yet.