CryptoProof

Security and privacy

blockchain timestamping

SHOW HN2018

55points
27comments
#745of 2,155 in 2018
Top 35%of 2018 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

3 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.23.

Docs: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Easy to understand and simple to use

    From 2 comments
    • What a nice useful easy-to-use service, thanks for this, Jonai :) A comment (relevant to this site but also a more general ramble towards the direction of "why don't sites which…
      wfn on HN
    • Very nice.. excellent job on making the copy easy to understand. Would love to link to this project in my ongoing collection of cool blockchain stuff. Enjoy Devcon.. Also let me…
      nnn1234 on HN
  • Better transparency than OpenTimestamps

    From 1 comment
    • For now, it's very similar. The main difference is that OpenTimestamps is a bit more opaque. Basically, you get a confirmation, and then you can validate stuff on the site. I try…
      flixic on HN

Objections

  • Unclear how it can be free given gas costs

    From 1 comment
    • You need gas to post your "Release" to Ethereum blockchain and gas costs money. How is it possible to be free?
      baotrungtn on HN
  • Backend has no authentication and may be DDoSed

    From 1 comment
    • Hi HN. Quick comments about this project: * Today is 10 year anniversary to the original bitcoin.pdf release. This pdf is the first document proof I posted, included in the first…
      flixic on HN

Requests

  • Open source the code

    From 1 comment
  • Use Merkle trees instead of concatenating hashes

    From 2 comments
    • Have you considered using merkle proofs? This way the data you will submit on-chain will be relatively small and stable and you can provide the proofs directly on the front-end /…
      decentralised on HN
    • when you say "hash them together" do you mean concatenate or use a merkle tree ? Merkle tree has the added advantage of being able to prove that a certain hash was part of the…
      asasidh on HN
  • Add shareable links for text verification

    From 1 comment
    • Quick glance: there doesn't appear to be a way to link to specific messages for verification - I understand it will be difficult for large files, etc. but you can probably…
      pentaxy on HN

Questions

  • How does it compare to OpenTimestamps

    From 1 comment
    • How do you compare to opentimestamps.org? (other than ETH instead of BTC)
      desdiv on HN
  • Are there other existing proof services

    From 1 comment
    • Quick glance: there doesn't appear to be a way to link to specific messages for verification - I understand it will be difficult for large files, etc. but you can probably…
      pentaxy on HN

Alternatives named

  • OpenTimestamps

    From 1 comment
    • How do you compare to opentimestamps.org? (other than ETH instead of BTC)
      desdiv on HN
  • Chainpoint

    From 1 comment
  • Stampd, Proof of Existence, Blocksign, BlockNotary, Bitcoin notary

    From 1 comment
    • When you submit a message, I locally generate a file you can download (or copy to clipboard), that contains the message, hash and the release it will go to. For text messages, I…
      flixic on HN

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