Bitcoin Observation

An independently verifiable temporal proof from an external entropy source.

Observation ID
019fd529-cfe1-7a59-a8a6-d1ec04988055
Capture Method
Streaming
Captured At
Aug 6, 2026, 3:41 AM 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":"00000000000000000000e3777a32ff5a2252af28e9fe090a6dd248618a6ee186","height":961243,"time":1785987820}

3e23729f56ee03f017d78e7d32aa921fd5c1f8c9dbc78b4a21746dadeee0c507

18f0c4741ad25769b3d515d22993c84237146293aaef8e401e192e39c68ca297

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: 019fd529-cfe1-7a59-a8a6-d1ec04988055

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 6, 2026, 3:43 AM UTC

Timestamp embedded in Bitcoin block 961243

Aug 6, 2026, 3:41 AM UTC

Real-time capture via WebSocket

1 minute

Source timestamp was 1 minute ahead of 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)
18f0c4741ad25769b3d515d22993c84237146293aaef8e401e192e39c68ca297
Public Key (Base64 encoded)
1hHbF5H5u8LiSp+nVMRb8duR2eGkOo5Q1JYfcmAtF28=
Signature (Base64 encoded)
WFifFPXlZv2wbHs3+v4vAIQPHk2WOzEuWgIEymnTe2ML/6K6g39Q54YokgsfwcrvNukpHrzwPtQBK9jaZpo5Dg==
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