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Understand your proof

Short, novice-friendly guides—first the ideas, then how to read and verify a real certificate.

Foundations

  • Hashing & fingerprints

    5 min read

    What SHA-256 does, why clone-proof fingerprints matter, and how anyone can verify your data matches a certificate.

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  • Blockchain: the truth machine

    7 min read

    Transparency, integrity, and real-world examples of why a public ledger helps prove when something was recorded.

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  • Merkle proofs & paths

    6 min read

    What sibling hashes are, how a path climbs to a block hash, and how to read the interactive proof on a public certificate.

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Practical

Start here if you already have a proof link and want to know what you are looking at.

  • How to read a public certificate

    5 min read

    A section-by-section tour of a proof link—badges, fingerprints, anchoring fields, Merkle proof, and what each part means.

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  • Verify a fingerprint

    3 min read

    Paste a hash or proof link, then compare your file or text client-side.

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  • Verify a proof yourself

    8 min read

    Step-by-step checklist: match your fingerprint, inspect the anchor transaction, confirm the block, and check Merkle inclusion.

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