Here Lies A Testament

A poor man’s time stamp:

If you ever wondered how to produce a poor man’s patent. Use the following code in your Windows Command Prompt to prove you designed what you did:

certutil -hashfile C:\path\to\your\file.txt SHA256

3/29/26 – 45d7587ecc43d99f44de3039259d55d9edf56b37df29ed0d327349d39c91e3b7

This is a vital instruction for those creators who are running on limited time in a world enhanced exponentially by AI tools. You may need this instruction one day, and I may need that code. Hash your white papers, and save them somewhere safe. Publish that hash online to the public. Claim your authorship. Who knows what the future holds.

You can’t copyright what you coded with vibes, but you can still claim your original idea was your own, and that may save you some pain one day. Worth a shot.

3/8/26 – d7a36c4dbe0a49a67419f76d6430f21177825d9d145a03d16c74718718e53738

3/14/26 – 27c8e3d20ba1a608b64dd0f61b0213e8dbbc04fc781008c1019ee232f6592dec

AI-generated editorial illustration · TemperatureZero · March 29, 2026