Knowledge Base
Browse the concepts behind Truestamp. Follow the links between concepts, or search across everything.
Blockchain
item vs block commitment, block pipeline.
Item Commitment vs Block Commitment
The load-bearing distinction between Item Commitment (an item's item_hash becomes a Merkle-tree leaf in a finalized block) and Block Commitment (block hashes Merkle-rooted into an epoch whose root is recorded on a public blockchain such as Stellar or Bitcoin), and why a complete proof needs both.
Public Ledger Explorer
The public ledger explorer pages, no account required - the /blocks index and /blocks/<block_id> detail with commitment chain and proof downloads, the /entropy and /entropy/<observation_id> observation pages, and the real-time /timeline visualization of entropy, items, blocks, and commitments.
The Epoch and Block Commitment
How Truestamp batches many finalized internal block hashes into an epoch, builds one epoch Merkle root, records that single root on a public blockchain (Stellar via MEMO_HASH, Bitcoin via OP_RETURN), and gives each block an inclusion proof within the epoch as its Block Commitment.