What it means to anchor a document hash to a public blockchain — and when it's worth the trouble.
Take the SHA-256 hash of your signed document. Write that hash (or a Merkle root containing thousands of hashes) into a transaction on a public blockchain. The blockchain timestamps the hash and makes it impossible to alter without leaving a trail.
Three years later, anyone holding the original document can re-hash it, find the on-chain transaction, and prove the document existed in exactly this form at the moment of anchoring — without trusting the signing platform.
High-stakes contracts (M&A, IP assignments, founder agreements) where the platform might not exist in 10 years.
Documents you may need to authenticate to a hostile counterparty.
Regulated records that must be tamper-evident for audit purposes.
DocFila batches thousands of document hashes into a Merkle tree and anchors the root to Polygon (low fees, fast finality, EVM-compatible). Verification is public and free at docfila.com/verify — no DocFila account required.
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