Prove you had it first: timestamp IP and trade secrets.
Priority is everything in IP. Blockchain notarization lets you prove a concept, design, manuscript, or trade secret existed on a specific date — without revealing its contents to anyone, including notaros.
Why it works here
Trade-secret protection depends on being able to show what you held and when, while keeping it confidential. A public disclosure defeats the purpose; a private notary sees the material. Blockchain notarization threads the needle: only the fingerprint is published, so you get a public, dated, tamper-evident record while the secret stays secret.
For inventions and creative work, an anchored fingerprint is strong independent evidence of a conception or authorship date — useful in first-to-file disputes, ownership arguments, and defensive publication strategy. It is not a patent or a registration, and it does not prove authorship on its own, but it fixes existence in time in a way anyone can verify.
Common scenarios
Establish a priority date
Notarize design docs, lab notebooks, or specs to evidence that you had the idea before a given date.
Protect a trade secret privately
Anchor the secret’s fingerprint — never the secret itself — to prove possession without disclosure.
Defensive timestamping
Timestamp prior art or your own work to guard against later claims by others.
How to notarize for this
Fingerprint your file in your browser, pay $25 in USDC/USDT, and receive a certificate anchored to Base and Bitcoin that anyone can verify independently. Read the full process or the step-by-step guide.