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W.I.N

Portable proof for digital information.

The question

Can a digital artifact carry its own proof?

Handing someone a file normally means asking them to trust you, or asking them to trust a service that sits between you. Both are borrowed trust. The file itself says nothing about whether it is the file you sent.

W.I.N was built to remove the middle. The record travels with the file. Checking it does not require an account, an upload, or permission from Wise.Est.

What was built

A seal, a record, and a verifier that runs anywhere.

Seal
A file is hashed and the hash is signed, producing a .win record that carries the fingerprint and the signature alongside the content.
Record
The .win container is the portable unit. It moves by email, disk, chat or download like any other file.
Verifier
A browser page that re-computes the fingerprint locally and compares it to the sealed one. Nothing is uploaded.
Result
Two states, stated plainly: Verified or Tampered. No partial credit, no score.
Technical evidence

One character changes, and the seal breaks.

Below is the verifier’s real output on the same document twice. In the second, the invoice total was edited from $1,000 to $9,000. Nothing else was touched.

Verifier output: Sample invoice, total $1,000. VERIFIED, unchanged since it was sealed. Fingerprint sha256 2fdee94ab2e3c448d137.
Verifiedsha256 2fdee94ab2e3c448d137
Verifier output: Sample invoice, total $9,000. TAMPERED, the seal broke. Sealed fingerprint 2fdee94ab2e3c448d137 does not equal the current fingerprint d20fe24fd8386b01ed9d.
Tamperedsha256 d20fe24fd8386b01ed9d

Actual output from the tool, captured from a live check. Not an illustration.

What is real today

Claimed carefully, on purpose.

W.I.N proves
  • This exact file existed in this state
  • It was sealed by a specific key
  • It has not changed since sealing
  • It can be checked anywhere, by anyone
W.I.N does not prove
  • That the content is true
  • The signer’s real-world identity
  • That this is the first copy in the world
  • That local time is globally authoritative
Current status

Live, public, free to use.

Status
Live and public. Free to use. Built and maintained by Wise.Est Systems.
Independent review
None yet. No third party has audited this. When that changes it will be stated here with a name and a date.
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