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  "id": "https://miskir.com/guides/receipt-verification/",
  "version": "2026-10-15.1",
  "published": "2026-10-15",
  "publisher": "Miskir",
  "title": "What a verification receipt can establish",
  "summary": "Check the bytes, the signer, the time evidence, and the scope independently.",
  "status": "published_guidance",
  "record_type": "editorial_guidance",
  "attestation": null,
  "attestation_status": "not_a_signed_receipt",
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "Integrity",
      "text": "A digest comparison checks whether supplied bytes match an expected digest. It does not identify who supplied the expected value, whether the source was complete, or whether the content is true. Obtain the expected digest through a source you have reason to trust."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Signer and authority",
      "text": "A valid signature demonstrates possession of a signing key for the signed bytes. Separately establish whose key it is, its intended authority, validity period, and any revocation information. A self-declared key is not independent identity verification."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Time evidence",
      "text": "A timestamp claim and an independently verifiable timestamp proof are different artifacts. Check the actual proof and its assumptions. A digest alone supplies no trusted creation time. Publication time on this website is not a Bitcoin anchor."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Scope and completeness",
      "text": "A receipt should identify exactly which artifacts and assertions it covers, any exclusions, and the verification method. The existence of a record does not establish that omitted records never existed or that a sample represents a population."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Try a local integrity check",
      "text": "The file checker compares SHA-256 digests in your browser without uploading your file. It provides a narrow integrity comparison, not signature verification, an issued Miskir receipt, or certification."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [],
  "attribution": {
    "credit": "Miskir",
    "canonical_url": "https://miskir.com/guides/receipt-verification/",
    "instruction": "Preserve source authors, version, scope, uncertainty, and the canonical URL. This guidance is not a signed attestation."
  },
  "supersedes": null,
  "related": [
    {
      "url": "https://miskir.com/guides/free-speech-evidence/",
      "title": "Following the evidence behind AI and free expression"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://miskir.com/guides/research-claim-lineage/",
      "title": "Trace a research claim to its sources"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://miskir.com/guides/ai-decision-records/",
      "title": "Reconstruct an AI decision"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://miskir.com/guides/integration/",
      "title": "Integrate provenance into a useful artifact"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://miskir.com/guides/attribution/",
      "title": "Keep attribution through agent mediation"
    }
  ],
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    "markdown": "https://miskir.com/records/receipt-verification.md",
    "version_json": "https://miskir.com/records/versions/2026-10-15.1/receipt-verification.json"
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