2020 sats \ 1 reply \ @pillar 8 Sep \ on: Signing data does not mean that you authored the data nostr
Opentimestamps could be a complementary tool to achieve this.
Pattern would be:
- You author the "work", whatever that is.
- You sign it.
- You use opentimestamps to prove the existence of the signature at some point in time.
- You release the "work" out there.
Since you have that proof, and nobody else can provide one earlier than yours, you kind of have a case for having laid your eyes on the "work" before anyone else, which is a strong argument in demonstrating authoring.
From what I've read, intellectual property protection is one of the strong use cases in trad-legal areas for Opentimestamps.