Digital Provenance Infrastructure

Know where digital information came from.

Verityra reconstructs the history of digital information, connecting sources, transformations, versions, and evidence into a verifiable provenance record.

Digital Objectasset_04281
Record open
Origin
Source identified
confidence: corroborated
Created
11.02.2026
18:04 UTC
Modified
7 transformations
recorded
Versions
04
linked
Evidence
12 linked records
associated
Reconstructed history
  1. Source
    origin resolved
    11.02.2026 — 18:04 UTC
  2. Original
    v01 · baseline
    11.02.2026 — 18:07 UTC
  3. Edit
    crop · colour
    12.02.2026 — 09:31 UTC
  4. Re-encode
    container change
    12.02.2026 — 09:48 UTC
  5. Published
    v03 distributed
    13.02.2026 — 07:15 UTC
  6. Current version
    v04 · observed
    14.03.2026 — 09:42 UTC
02The problem

The file is not the whole story.

Two digital objects can look identical and carry completely different histories. The bytes you receive are the last frame of a sequence you cannot see.

  • copied
  • edited
  • compressed
  • re-encoded
  • cropped
  • combined with other material
  • passed between systems
  • published in multiple versions

Verityra focuses on reconstructing that history — and connecting the object to the evidence behind it.

Object
no embedded history
asset_04281 · 1.4 MB
appearance: unchanged
History
  1. Original
    v01 · source capture
    4032 × 3024 · 8.2 MB
  2. Edited
    v02 · crop applied
    3200 × 2400 · region removed
  3. Compressed
    v02.1 · quality reduced
    1.4 MB · artefacts introduced
  4. Republished
    v03 · redistributed
    container re-wrapped
  5. Current
    v04 · observed copy
    identical appearance
03Platform

A provenance layer for digital objects.

A single layer sits between raw digital objects and the decisions made about them: resolving sources, linking versions, and assembling a structured record of how an object came to exist in its current form.

Digital objects
Images
Video
Documents
Datasets
Records
Verityra provenance engineCore
E1
Source Resolution
locate earliest observable origin
E2
Version Linking
associate copies and derivatives
E3
Transformation Analysis
characterise applied changes
E4
Evidence Association
bind claims to supporting records
E5
Provenance Graph
assemble chronological structure
Verifiable record
Origin
History
Transformations
Versions
Evidence
04How it works

From isolated files to connected histories.

  1. 01

    Identify

    Determine the digital object and its available source signals.

  2. 02

    Connect

    Find relationships between versions, copies, derivatives, and related records.

  3. 03

    Reconstruct

    Build a chronological model of transformations and provenance.

  4. 04

    Verify

    Associate claims about an object's history with supporting evidence.

Provenance is only as strong as the evidence available to establish it.

05The provenance record

Every object gets a history.

A structured record of origin, versions, transformations, and the evidence supporting each stage — readable by a person, queryable by a system.

RecordPRV-2026-01827
Reconstructed
Object
video_01827.mp4
container: mp4 · h.264
Current status
History reconstructed
record complete
Origin
Source A
earliest observed
First observed
14.03.2026
09:42 UTC
Known versions
06
linked set
Transformations
Compression / crop
edit / re-encoding
Related objects
04
derivatives
Evidence records
17
associated
Chronology
  1. Origin
    Source A
    02.01.2026 — 21:10 UTC
    03 evidence records
  2. Version 01
    baseline copy
    02.01.2026 — 21:16 UTC
    02 evidence records
  3. Transformation
    crop · compression
    18.01.2026 — 13:02 UTC
    05 evidence records
  4. Version 02
    derivative
    18.01.2026 — 13:07 UTC
    02 evidence records
  5. Publication
    distributed copy
    27.02.2026 — 08:55 UTC
    04 evidence records
  6. Current
    observed version
    14.03.2026 — 09:42 UTC
    01 evidence record
06Applications

Built for information where history matters.

A1

Media

Trace the provenance and transformation history of digital media across publishing workflows.

versionsderivativesdistribution
A2

Legal & Evidence

Create structured provenance records for digital material where origin and transformation history matter.

chain of historyrecordsreview
A3

Financial Information

Track the lineage and transformation of documents, records, and other digital evidence.

lineagedocumentsrevisions
A4

Scientific Data

Preserve relationships between datasets, derivative versions, transformations, and supporting records.

datasetsderivationsreproducibility

The same provenance infrastructure can support many forms of digital information.

07Why this matters

Authenticity is not a label. It is a history.

Binary framing
“Real”
“Fake”

insufficient — a verdict without a record

Evidence-backed dimensions
  • Originwhere it first appeared
  • Transformationwhat was applied to it
  • Versionwhich copy this is
  • Evidencewhat supports the claim
  • Contexthow it was used

Verityra moves digital verification from a binary judgment toward an evidence-backed history of how an object came to exist in its current form.

08Future

The provenance layer for the digital world.

We are building the infrastructure that could make provenance a native property of digital information.

  1. Digital Object
  2. Provenance
  3. Verification
  4. Trusted Use
Surfaces it could support
MediaAI-generated contentScientific dataEnterprise recordsDigital evidenceFinancial information
09Beta

Request Beta Access

Tell us what kind of digital information you need to trace.

Seed stage · limited beta