WordProof Update: September — Launch of WordProof Timestamp 2.0: Automatic Timestamps for Everyone!
WordProof Timestamp has entered its next life cycle, one we are very excited about. In this WordProof Update, you will read all about WordProof Timestamp 2.0, how you can sign up for automatic timestamps, the new design for the Blockchain Certificate, several case studies and more!
We are proud and excited to make the automatic version of WordProof Timestamp available for everyone. You can now sign up and use the automated service in less than 5 minutes. Let’s have a look!
WordProof Timestamp 2.0: Automatic Timestamps
It was two months ago when we started working on what was called We Stamp For You, the automated version of WordProof Timestamp. Now, it is has left the beta phase: onboarding is open!
The service has been in private beta for several publishers and was used over the last few weeks, having timestamped over 128,000 pieces of quality content on the blockchain. We are confident that the technology works and is ready to protect and enforce the rest of the websites on the internet.
Here are the improvements in WordProof Timestamp 2.0!
Automatic timestamps on the background
After connecting your WordPress website to the WordProof Timestamp service, all of your content (or just specific post types, it’s up to you!) will be timestamped automatically. Every revision will be saved.
Important: you can still use the manual timestamps (and we will continue to improve it). The timestamps are exactly the same: you can even use automatic timestamps with your own blockchain account.
Onboarding process
The WordProof Timestamp sign-up is available at https://my.wordproof.io. After entering your website URL, first name, email address and password, you can choose a plan or start the trial. Annual paid plans have a bonus in the form of additional timestamps, so you can protect existing content as well.
My WordProof — The heart of your WordProof account
Once you have an account, you enter My WordProof. Some features:
- List of all your timestamps, including tools to ‘retry’ timestamps that did not process correctly;
- Downloadable blockchain certificates, to proof you had content X at time Y on website Z. Every certificate includes the title, URL, raw input, hash and URL of the blockchain transaction. Every revision will get its own blockchain certificate. This feature will be released before the end of October, so more will be explained by then. If you need to download a certificate before then, get in touch and it will be sent to you.
- WordProof Copyright Infringement Letter Tool to help you with copycats. Since you timestamped your content on the blockchain and have proof of ownership at certain moments in time via the downloadable blockchain certificates, you can use this tool to generate a personalised Copyright Infringement Letter crated by our lawyers. It has been used by several WordProof users with great results. For more: read the Blom & Blom case study later on. The Tool will be released in October, but it is available upon request as of now.
Do you want to timestamp with your own EOS or Telos account? No problem, here’s how you configure that in My WordProof.
Improved WordProof Timestamp plugin for WordPress
The WordPress plugin has been updated and is available in the WordPress.org Plugin Repository.
- It now supports automatic timestamps and has a redesigned plugin options.
- There is a Setup Wizard (thank you Remkus de Vries for your incredible feedback) to help you set-up the plugin in minutes (both for the Manual and Automatic configurations).
Coming Soon: The new Blockchain Certificate
Over the last few months, digital design agency Buro Ponzo and accessibility expert Rian Rietveld from Level Level have helped us to completely redesign the Blockchain Certificate. The new version is easier to understand for website visitors and includes an interesting new feature: comparing text between revisions.
If revisions are enabled, website visitors can see how content changed over time. This increases the trust visitors have in the website, since they have nothing to hide. The new Certificate will be added to the WordPress plugin later this month.
Sneak preview (text will change):
That’s it for WordProof Timestamp 2.0. We cannot wait for you to try automatic timestamps and to be able to download the proof to your computer.
Try automated timestamps for 14 days — Onboard yourself!
- Sign up for WordProof Timestamp;
- Install WordProof Timestamp(or update it to version 2.0 if it is already installed);
- Paste the access key (from My WordProof) in the setup in the plugin (don’t worry, everything will explain itself).
Case Studies — WordProof Timestamp used to Protect Copyright
Two interesting case studies of companies using the automated service of WordProof Timestamps were published this month:
- How indebuurt claims ownership using WordProof Timestamp
- How Blom & Blom took down copyright violators using WordProof Timestamp
If you have the time, give it a read. Blom & Blom successfully took down copyright violators and indebuurt is now automatically protecting all of their content. Interesting uses of blockchain technology!
WordProof in the Media
A selection of interviews and other mentions in the media.
Block.one features WordProof in #BuiltOnEOS
Very exciting to see Block.one picking up on our story. Read about our future plans in this #BuiltOnEOSIO publication! Continue reading…
SEO, Structured Data and Blockchain Timestamps
WordProof founder Sebastiaan van der Lans shared his vision on SEO, Structured Data and Blockchain Timestamps on his personal blog.
Emerging Horizons webinar on fighting fraud, plagiarism & fake news with blockchain
Sebastiaan was a guest in Olivier Rikken his webinar and together, they talked about several interesting fields blockchain could play a big role in.
mBlu Crypto: “WordProof is the Blockchain Use-case Knockout Punch”
Kind words by mBlu Crypto after doing an entire video about WordProof Timestamp and interviewing WordProof founder Sebastiaan van der Lans. You can watch the entire video below:
WordProof customer Icoinic wins Cashcow Award
Great news from one of WordProof’s customers: the Dutch cryptocurrency fund Icoinic has won the price for the best Dutch cryptocurrency fund. Congratulations!
Max Greenfield interviews Sebastiaan, explaining WordProof Timestamp 2.0
A word of thanks to…
Remkus de Vries over at Yoast for helping us with the UX of the WordProof Timestamp for WordPress plugin, Olivier Rikken for his continuous support and the interesting webinar, Rian Rietveld (from agency Level Level) for making sure the new Blockchain Certificate is accessible for everyone and Buro Ponzo for working on one of the biggest challenges of all: designing UI’s that break down blockchain technology to something people can actually work with.
Another word of thanks to the 300 users in the Telegram Community Group and to the 80 users in the Tester Group for the continuous support, enthusiasm and feedback!
What to expect the coming weeks
Features that will be released soon:
- Timestamp WooCommerce products
- Timestamp media files
- WordProof Copyright Infringement Letter Tool
- Download your Blockchain Certificates
- Sign up for WordProof Timestamp via various partners.
- More case studies of different companies using WordProof Timestamp.
- OreID / LiquidAccounts integration
Stay updated about WordProof developments
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