Bitcoin Observation

An independently verifiable temporal proof from an external entropy source.

Observation ID
019fd2ce-2bc6-7db9-a10a-4baa97b45e41
Capture Method
Streaming
Captured At
Aug 5, 2026, 4:42 PM UTC
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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.

{"hash":"00000000000000000001eb1c5148746cfe9a89271f069d99123be7806f58adf7","height":961182,"time":1785948141}

9349dd372fb7a8563b289ce9ec641eb209f04daab3a9694155522a84c637d7fb

cef592fd44255aa73283d4d88585750bdebd690fd4e2f20c4938722eb88a61a8

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: 019fd2ce-2bc6-7db9-a10a-4baa97b45e41

Time Delta

Bitcoin blocks include a timestamp that represents when miners claim the block was created. However, Bitcoin's consensus rules allow block timestamps to vary from actual wall clock time. This section shows the time difference between the block's timestamp and when Truestamp captured it.

Aug 5, 2026, 4:42 PM UTC

Timestamp embedded in Bitcoin block 961182

Aug 5, 2026, 4:42 PM UTC

Real-time capture via WebSocket

14 seconds

Source timestamp was 14 seconds behind capture time

Interpretation: A positive delta (block time ahead of capture) is normal and expected. Large deltas (several minutes or hours) may indicate clock synchronization issues with miners or intentional timestamp manipulation within consensus rules.

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)
cef592fd44255aa73283d4d88585750bdebd690fd4e2f20c4938722eb88a61a8
Public Key (Base64 encoded)
1hHbF5H5u8LiSp+nVMRb8duR2eGkOo5Q1JYfcmAtF28=
Signature (Base64 encoded)
dejbGVTgZkzlGtHPDKblTUVahtoKZjwGqpdBpMoiiy0201BrIx2Z2i7Ud1PQtrsIvJUDcOKBzWDgIgq4hL/WBg==
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