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Bitcoin => Development & Technical Discussion => Topic started by: pwkad on October 01, 2018, 02:31:51 PM



Title: Open Timestamps integration in to Bitcoin
Post by: pwkad on October 01, 2018, 02:31:51 PM
Pardon if my interpretation of anything is incorrect, but I am assuming that from what I've read OpenTimestamps are currently able to be stored on the Bitcoin blockchain to prove that some piece of information existed at the time the block was mined.

When looking up information on how to accomplish this the only resource I see is a CLI called `ots`.  Are there any other libraries that currently have the ability to store the OTS info?


Title: Re: Open Timestamps integration in to Bitcoin
Post by: bitChipper on October 01, 2018, 02:37:33 PM
https://github.com/FactomProject

Factom is designed entirely to do this, time-stamping and immutable audit/data trails.

Although its alternative project, it is a data layer designed to be hashed and anchored into the bitcoin blockchain, or the ethereum blockchain.

Check out their whitepaper for more info:

https://www.factom.com/devs/docs/guide/factom-white-paper-1-0

Hope you find what you are looking for!


Title: Re: Open Timestamps integration in to Bitcoin
Post by: andytoshi on October 01, 2018, 07:24:28 PM
There are OTS libraries for Python, Java, Javascript and Rust. See https://opentimestamps.org/#code-repositories


Title: Re: Open Timestamps integration in to Bitcoin
Post by: pwkad on October 02, 2018, 01:02:59 AM
Thanks everyone for the responses, especially since they are all good quality references that I am reviewing today.