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Preserving research

Leave a research version future readers can check.

Record the research files you want to preserve, then keep them with the proof and context. Future readers can check the version they found and build on a clear starting point.

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An example of research becoming useful to future readers

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What a match supports

This exact research file existed by this date.

How that helps future readers

A future reader can check the file they found against your recorded version and place it in the research timeline. Saved files and proof also support independent checks without Quantum Notary’s service.

What it doesn’t establish

It does not certify the findings, establish research priority or authorship, or preserve the file for you. Future checks need the exact file, saved proof and access to Base history. You still have strong, checkable evidence of the exact version that existed by the recorded date, helping future readers resolve disputes about the research timeline.

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Record it. Keep it. Show it.

  1. Record a clear version

    Record the exact report, dataset or archive you want future readers to use. Record later releases separately and label each version clearly.

  2. Back up the files and proof

    Download the receipts and included proof PDFs. Back up the exact files and proofs in more than one place, with someone who knows how to find them.

  3. Leave instructions to check it

    Keep a short README with the version, file location and proof. Future readers can use free Verify to check for a matching record, without an account.

Keep the rest of the story, too.

Keep methods, citations, source material and notes explaining the work. Pass on the file locations, proofs and instructions for independent checking with the research.

You can record one ZIP containing the report, data, methods and README. Keep that exact ZIP: its proof verifies the archive, not individual extracted files.

Preserving research? Leave proof with it.

Create an account and choose a credit pack. Each file you record uses one credit; its proof PDF is included.

Record your research