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The technique entails encoding the secure hash of a certain publication (plaintext) inside the Bitcoin blockchain. It was probablly first described in the paper from 2012 titled "CommitCoin: Carbon Dating Commitments with Bitcoin" ([http://people.scs.carleton.ca/~clark/papers/2012_fc.pdf extended abstract] and [http://eprint.iacr.org/2011/677.pdf technical report]).
 
The technique entails encoding the secure hash of a certain publication (plaintext) inside the Bitcoin blockchain. It was probablly first described in the paper from 2012 titled "CommitCoin: Carbon Dating Commitments with Bitcoin" ([http://people.scs.carleton.ca/~clark/papers/2012_fc.pdf extended abstract] and [http://eprint.iacr.org/2011/677.pdf technical report]).
  
One website that provides an easy gateway to Proof of Publication is [http://www.proofofexistence.com/ ProofOfExistance.com].
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== Relevant website ==
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* [http://proofofexistence.com/ proofofexistence.com] - Store hashes of data in the blockchain.
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* [http://coinsecrets.org/ coinsecrets.org] - list of metadata recently embedded in the bitcoin blockchain using OP_RETURN outputs.
  
 
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A method that uses Bitcoin or Bitcoin-like technologies to authenticate that a certain information was published at a certain date, or was known at a certain date.

The technique entails encoding the secure hash of a certain publication (plaintext) inside the Bitcoin blockchain. It was probablly first described in the paper from 2012 titled "CommitCoin: Carbon Dating Commitments with Bitcoin" (extended abstract and technical report).

Relevant website