What a timestamp proves, what it doesn't, how it fits next to patents and copyright, and how to track and prove predictions.
If you only need to stop others from patenting your idea, publishing it can be enough. What counts as prior art, where to publish, and what a timestamp adds.
Memory rewrites what you predicted. A dated record does not. How to track predictions, and which tools do which part of the job.
Announcing a goal can help — or backfire. What studies show, which tools add real stakes, and where a dated public claim fits.
Base rates, decomposition, calibration and honest scoring — the methods forecasting research keeps pointing back to.
You do not need a market to forecast well. Forecasting platforms, team methods, and personal logs — what each is good for.
Two decades of forecasting research, what it really found about experts, and the habits of the forecasters who beat them.
A timestamp is not a patent. Here is what it is good for while you decide whether to file one.
The short answer is no. The real answer is more useful than you think.
The old trick has no legal basis. Here is what a modern timestamp fixes — and what it still does not.
5 practical steps before you share your idea with anyone.
From code to content to inventions — if you made it, keep dated evidence.
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