Public log

A record we cannot quietly rewrite

Every document finished on DropTheDoc is added to a public list that only ever grows. Each night we publish the list's fingerprint right here. Save one, and from then on the maths can catch us if we ever try to change the past.

Latest notice

Published Aug 31, 2026, 3:58 AM UTC

40

documents on the record so far. The list only ever grows.

Fingerprint of the whole list

9a26729766d6adbec39c84106370ebdb0fac28c34abde95f6335dcb1db55347a

Save this line anywhere we cannot reach it. An email to yourself is enough.

Signed with Ed25519. The public key ships with every checkpoint.

How it protects you

One short code keeps us honest

No account needed, nothing to install, and you never have to trust this page. Here is the whole trick.

1

Every finished document adds a line

The moment a document completes, its fingerprint joins the list. Only the fingerprint, a short code computed from the file, so nothing private is ever published.

2

Every night, one code sums up the list

All the lines are folded into the single fingerprint shown above. Change any old line, even by one character, and tonight's code would come out different.

3

Anyone can hold us to it

Save tonight's code, an email to yourself is enough. Any day later, we can prove the list still begins with the one you saved. If we ever rewrote history, that proof would fail. Maths, not a promise.

Earlier notices

Every past checkpoint stays valid forever. Copy any of them and ask us to prove today's list still begins with it.

  • Aug 28, 2026, 3:58 AM UTC

    39 recorded04caca9700…2dd1628426

  • Aug 23, 2026, 3:58 AM UTC

    38 recorded9cefbf9c4b…c5c2b988a2

  • Aug 18, 2026, 3:58 AM UTC

    36 recorded326d70722a…272dcef400

  • Aug 17, 2026, 3:58 AM UTC

    35 recordedabc6014b64…54f90e23d4

  • Aug 15, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC

    32 recordedca55569187…316dbc1106

  • Aug 14, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC

    31 recorded55d0b1c5a0…5d8cac05b2

  • Aug 8, 2026, 3:45 AM UTC

    30 recorded60e460d326…aaf9574bab

  • Aug 5, 2026, 3:26 AM UTC

    29 recorded858d734f78…0a4d40aa36

  • Aug 4, 2026, 3:01 AM UTC

    27 recordedfd98ec37a4…697d88be20

  • Aug 2, 2026, 3:53 AM UTC

    23 recorded4aa5151140…b4e8989004

  • Aug 1, 2026, 3:15 AM UTC

    21 recorded035ae657cf…d611b6eb2b

  • Jul 31, 2026, 3:25 AM UTC

    16 recorded2722bd7196…5ac4d79b90

  • Jul 30, 2026, 3:40 AM UTC

    14 recorded571cf5696d…03fd0f9981

For the technical reader

You do not need any of this to be protected. It exists so anyone who wants to audit us can, with standard tools: the log is an RFC 6962 Merkle tree and proofs verify per RFC 9162.

GET
https://dropthedoc.xyz/api/ledger

The latest checkpoint and recent history, with the exact leaf and signature formats spelled out. Save a copy anywhere we cannot reach it.

GET
https://dropthedoc.xyz/api/ledger/proof?sha256=…

Proof that a completed file is in the log: the file's SHA-256 in, its entry number and Merkle path out.

GET
https://dropthedoc.xyz/api/ledger/consistency?first=…

Proof that today's log still begins with exactly the log you saved earlier: same entries, same order, nothing rewritten.

Holding a signed PDF right now?

The verify page runs all of these checks for you in one drop, on your own device.