Verifiable Provenance for Authors and Creators
· 10 min read
Most creative disputes do not start with theft. They start with uncertainty.
A collaborator remembers the timeline differently. An editor forwards a draft and it leaks. A producer says the “real” version came later. A publisher wants documentation. A platform asks you to substantiate ownership. Suddenly, your process becomes evidence.
That is what provenance is for: a verifiable trail of what existed, when it existed, and how it changed.
In baseball, you do not expect a disputed play—but you still keep the scorecard and you still have replay. Provenance is that kind of protection for creators: a verifiable record of what happened, and when.