NIST Beacon Observation
An independently verifiable temporal proof from an external entropy source.
- Observation ID
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019fc8be-4bea-7c25-afa6-c67ea1818831 - Capture Method
- Polling
- Captured At
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Aug 3, 2026, 5:49 PM UTC
Everything Truestamp records about this entropy observation, as a single canonical JSON object.
{
"block_id": "019fc8bf-2dbb-7d6d-b5de-5200b1c34f59",
"capture_method": "http_poll",
"entropy": {
"pulse": {
"chainIndex": 2,
"outputValue": "6FCD0F63E83C2EFC7BAEC6D6535D7C98A74F8E2A4E4946426B476373BFCB1944644B9915D5C06DE96634EA7EA2189AFF822D4C60AC91D08F8F25A4E17B331250",
"pulseIndex": 1888225,
"timeStamp": "2026-08-03T17:45:00.000Z",
"version": "2.0"
}
},
"entropy_hash": "92bc848cee0f152ca2283adc786415c20dbb3aced6d18c7ddf484e6156b71352",
"id": "019fc8be-4bea-7c25-afa6-c67ea1818831",
"inserted_at": "2026-08-03T17:49:02.314797Z",
"metadata": {},
"metadata_hash": "5dd81d4309de99c9f8e70822e760f0eece8c33370ff5fb5da3af75bab0cbaab8",
"observation_hash": "c22119f97aa0fccf1ec42d00bd0fef8da75bcb6882365ea888539e1693fc9cc2",
"signature": "zN/w9zVTmgpqf7gvZnZ+7+cgii3ILCQDYL1s8eQ6uI1qsOnnQoJMHDBponudRcfknLdwQorSCKlNgmQENloYBQ==",
"signing_key_id": "3c19f776",
"source": "entropy_nist",
"state": "committed"
}
Observation
Verifiable entropy captured from an external public source. The canonical JSON representation and its hash are used as input to the blockchain's Merkle tree.
{"pulse":{"chainIndex":2,"outputValue":"6FCD0F63E83C2EFC7BAEC6D6535D7C98A74F8E2A4E4946426B476373BFCB1944644B9915D5C06DE96634EA7EA2189AFF822D4C60AC91D08F8F25A4E17B331250","pulseIndex":1888225,"timeStamp":"2026-08-03T17:45:00.000Z","version":"2.0"}}
92bc848cee0f152ca2283adc786415c20dbb3aced6d18c7ddf484e6156b71352
c22119f97aa0fccf1ec42d00bd0fef8da75bcb6882365ea888539e1693fc9cc2
SHA-256 composite hash binding the entropy data, metadata, and signing key id. This is the value placed as a leaf in the block's Merkle tree, and the value covered by the signature below.
Observation ID: 019fc8be-4bea-7c25-afa6-c67ea1818831
Time Delta
NIST Beacon pulses include a timestamp representing when the pulse was generated. Under normal operation, pulses are generated every 60 seconds. Large time differences indicate the beacon service may be offline or experiencing issues.
Aug 3, 2026, 5:45 PM UTC
Timestamp in NIST pulse 1888225
Aug 3, 2026, 5:49 PM UTC
Periodic capture via HTTP polling
4 minutes
Source timestamp was 4 minutes behind capture time
Interpretation: A moderate delta (under 1 hour) may indicate temporary service delays or network issues.
Signature Verification
Truestamp signed this observation's hash at capture. Verify the signature in any Ed25519 verifier using the observation hash, public key, and signature shown below. The active public key is also published at https://www.truestamp.com/.well-known/keyring.json.
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