Show HN: Witnessd – Prove human authorship via hardware-bound jitter seals

Show HN: Witnessd – Prove human authorship via hardware-bound jitter seals


Capability Description Prove authorship Cryptographic evidence chain linking you to your work Detect AI content Forensic analysis identifies non-human writing patterns Hardware-backed TPM 2.0 and Secure Enclave integration for device binding Verify independently Evidence can be verified by anyone, anywhere witnessd init # Initialize witnessd witnessd calibrate # Calibrate VDF for your machine witnessd commit document.md -m " Draft " # Create checkpoint witnessd log document.md # View history witnessd export document.md -t enhanced # Export as JSON witnessd export document.md -f war -o proof.war # Export as WAR block witnessd verify evidence.json # Verify JSON packet witnessd verify proof.war # Verify WAR block # Or verify online without installing: # https://writerslogic.com/verify flowchart LR subgraph Capture["Real-time Capture"] K[Keystroke Monitor] --> J[Jitter Seal] M[Mouse Idle] --> J end subgraph Chain["Evidence Chain"] J --> C[Checkpoint] C --> H[HMAC Chain] H --> V[VDF Proof] end subgraph Anchor["Trust Anchors"] V --> T[TPM/Enclave] V --> R[Roughtime] V --> B[Blockchain] end Anchor --> E[Evidence Packet] Loading

Author: davidcondrey


Published at: 2026-02-07 22:40:43

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