Entropy

NIST Beacon Observation

An independently verifiable temporal proof from an external entropy source.

Observation ID: 019fcfb4-e8e3-73a3-ba7a-bf407e8e137f
Capture Method: Polling
Captured At: Aug 5, 2026, 2:16 AM UTC

Everything Truestamp records about this entropy observation, as a single canonical JSON object.

{
  "block_id": "019fcfb5-b5dc-7abf-bfb0-d5015c670334",
  "capture_method": "http_poll",
  "entropy": {
    "pulse": {
      "chainIndex": 2,
      "outputValue": "8A6939D938815C0646CED7D4933641513776EBEB1BD4503B8F029787C834D87C88768E97D7CFC6E92F32446C992FF3D108669899C733D4896129B5FE1AC980E4",
      "pulseIndex": 1890172,
      "timeStamp": "2026-08-05T02:12:00.000Z",
      "version": "2.0"
    }
  },
  "entropy_hash": "9a64b903e3d4e5136231eb6f207e1c744026e2e0c64560f7942ed8df34724088",
  "id": "019fcfb4-e8e3-73a3-ba7a-bf407e8e137f",
  "inserted_at": "2026-08-05T02:16:07.651279Z",
  "metadata": {},
  "metadata_hash": "5dd81d4309de99c9f8e70822e760f0eece8c33370ff5fb5da3af75bab0cbaab8",
  "observation_hash": "8ca0f0465e3fdf4772ee3d0cccad427496b6396d6b81be7f5a8479bd32a67983",
  "signature": "u8ldsQVUq1OVe8yOr6yFJuCklwT+tUTm6JmQGIDdZ4vDEkSJ4sro5egmdqfZV5DhD+kPL+sreBbwiaDx+K32Aw==",
  "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.

Entropy Canonical Pretty

{"pulse":{"chainIndex":2,"outputValue":"8A6939D938815C0646CED7D4933641513776EBEB1BD4503B8F029787C834D87C88768E97D7CFC6E92F32446C992FF3D108669899C733D4896129B5FE1AC980E4","pulseIndex":1890172,"timeStamp":"2026-08-05T02:12:00.000Z","version":"2.0"}}

Entropy Hash

9a64b903e3d4e5136231eb6f207e1c744026e2e0c64560f7942ed8df34724088

Observation Hash

8ca0f0465e3fdf4772ee3d0cccad427496b6396d6b81be7f5a8479bd32a67983

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: 019fcfb4-e8e3-73a3-ba7a-bf407e8e137f

Time Delta

NIST Beacon pulses include a timestamp representing when the pulse was generated. Pulses are generated every 60 seconds, and the beacon releases each one a few minutes after that timestamp, so a delta of several minutes is normal. A much larger delta means the value was already old when we captured it, which pins a submission window less tightly but does not make the observation any less valid.

NIST Beacon Pulse Time

Aug 5, 2026, 2:12 AM UTC

Timestamp in NIST pulse 1890172

Truestamp Capture Time

Aug 5, 2026, 2:16 AM UTC

Periodic capture via HTTP polling

Time Difference (Clock Delta)

4 minutes

Source timestamp was 4 minutes behind capture time

Interpretation: The interval between the time the source published this value and the time we captured it. This one is under 1 hour.

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.

Algorithm

Ed25519

Message (Observation Hash, Hex encoded)

8ca0f0465e3fdf4772ee3d0cccad427496b6396d6b81be7f5a8479bd32a67983

Public Key (Base64 encoded)

1hHbF5H5u8LiSp+nVMRb8duR2eGkOo5Q1JYfcmAtF28=

Signature (Base64 encoded)

u8ldsQVUq1OVe8yOr6yFJuCklwT+tUTm6JmQGIDdZ4vDEkSJ4sro5egmdqfZV5DhD+kPL+sreBbwiaDx+K32Aw==

Verify Signature Manually

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