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Stamp ID STAMP-2026-0912-37PY2U6J Content hash ac5253b2ff22d86c3e9fe1a68aca79108ecea65e840569a23561f6b1d533c4df Articles recorded that day 12 Attestation UID 0xe3d8bd2eb8f03a62049ad18692cb77891d5172e148e4d05da8c0caa3a3d19861 View on EAS Transaction 0x805d0579370308945e4cd9dcbcee7ba593bbae37a839bbee40333a5f4845cf0a View on Basescan Recorded on Base using canonicalization v1 and record format v1.
How this article reaches the blockchain It was combined with the other 11 articles published that day, one step at a time, until the whole day became a single value. That one value is what Vitahash wrote to the blockchain. Change a single character of this article and the starting value below changes, so none of the steps would land on the recorded one.
Starting value for this article 0x970c240803c7865af9e4e76b96a11c9fb652f604596f66d7936af726f9ba2b00 Built from this article's content hash and its stamp ID, as sha256(0x00 || sha256(utf8(stampId)) || contentHash).
Step 1, combined with the value after it 0x9c98c4f255cf24c9d9efbbc7707aee253759371879b85a96cbd10fa732f238f0 0x9d89a62e011547f7522e07edf8f5af1007e55c18ae2180e89e08fcaf30177767 Step 2, combined with the value after it 0xc14938b43ec114f4214464ce7fafc43ff2425911b5a674475058168f8fe11951 0x93547a393e45808d36a7b5d9f66bce908ac1118915cc89c6641bf4b3ead4601e Step 3, combined with the value after it 0x53bbed2004c53646a2a586c47a8cfdf797ef798abd97d6dd0669e6410d17738a 0x7a5d92dadcf9090e0ca98ca0332b44c973c20ce01f4370a0e1e7c59929bb124b Step 4, combined with the value after it 0x8d23c52490116aed9c6806c460a82c2867e0d8fa16cde80f349574b442de9011 0xafe50b3f022867873ac74178a7f6d82f520d3161a2fc7d09780bd513b8ba39e3 This is the value for the whole day.
Value these steps arrive at 0xafe50b3f022867873ac74178a7f6d82f520d3161a2fc7d09780bd513b8ba39e3 What the blockchain says Two values, reached two different ways. The one above was worked out from this article. The one below was read back from the record on Base.
Worked out from this article 0xafe50b3f022867873ac74178a7f6d82f520d3161a2fc7d09780bd513b8ba39e3 They are the same value, so this article was published that day with exactly the text above.
Check it yourself Every number on this page came from Vitahash. Copy the article's exact text below and check it against the hash above, using any SHA-256 tool.
The exact text is not available for this article right now. The command below still reaches it.
1. Hash the article yourself This downloads the exact text Vitahash hashed, in the exact form it hashed it, and hashes it again on your machine. Nothing Vitahash wrote runs here.
curl -s "https://api.vitahash.org/api/verify/STAMP-2026-0912-37PY2U6J/canonical" | shasum -a 256Should print ac5253b2ff22d86c3e9fe1a68aca79108ecea65e840569a23561f6b1d533c4df
2. Build this article's starting value The stamp ID is folded in with the hash, so one article's record can never stand in for another's.
STAMP=STAMP-2026-0912-37PY2U6J
CONTENT=ac5253b2ff22d86c3e9fe1a68aca79108ecea65e840569a23561f6b1d533c4df
DIGEST=$(printf '%s' "$STAMP" | shasum -a 256 | cut -d' ' -f1)
printf '00%s%s' "$DIGEST" "$CONTENT" | xxd -r -p | shasum -a 256Should print 970c240803c7865af9e4e76b96a11c9fb652f604596f66d7936af726f9ba2b00
3. Combine step 1 The value you have goes first, then the published value.
printf '01%s%s' "970c240803c7865af9e4e76b96a11c9fb652f604596f66d7936af726f9ba2b00" "9c98c4f255cf24c9d9efbbc7707aee253759371879b85a96cbd10fa732f238f0" | xxd -r -p | shasum -a 256Should print 9d89a62e011547f7522e07edf8f5af1007e55c18ae2180e89e08fcaf30177767
4. Combine step 2 The value you have goes first, then the published value.
printf '01%s%s' "9d89a62e011547f7522e07edf8f5af1007e55c18ae2180e89e08fcaf30177767" "c14938b43ec114f4214464ce7fafc43ff2425911b5a674475058168f8fe11951" | xxd -r -p | shasum -a 256Should print 93547a393e45808d36a7b5d9f66bce908ac1118915cc89c6641bf4b3ead4601e
5. Combine step 3 The value you have goes first, then the published value.
printf '01%s%s' "93547a393e45808d36a7b5d9f66bce908ac1118915cc89c6641bf4b3ead4601e" "53bbed2004c53646a2a586c47a8cfdf797ef798abd97d6dd0669e6410d17738a" | xxd -r -p | shasum -a 256Should print 7a5d92dadcf9090e0ca98ca0332b44c973c20ce01f4370a0e1e7c59929bb124b
6. Combine step 4 The value you have goes first, then the published value.
printf '01%s%s' "7a5d92dadcf9090e0ca98ca0332b44c973c20ce01f4370a0e1e7c59929bb124b" "8d23c52490116aed9c6806c460a82c2867e0d8fa16cde80f349574b442de9011" | xxd -r -p | shasum -a 256Should print afe50b3f022867873ac74178a7f6d82f520d3161a2fc7d09780bd513b8ba39e3
7. Compare with the blockchain The last value above is what the whole day came to. Read the record on Base and check its merkleRoot field is the same. Vitahash is not involved in this step at all.
https://base.easscan.org/attestation/view/0xe3d8bd2eb8f03a62049ad18692cb77891d5172e148e4d05da8c0caa3a3d19861The rules these commands follow are written down in full, so anyone can reimplement them.
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