DOSYA KANITITR

A dated record of your home before a disaster

After a disaster, insurers and assessors first ask what the home looked like before. Proving that afterwards is often impossible; today it takes 20 minutes.

What to shoot today

  1. The outside: facade, entrance, parking, any existing cracks.
  2. Every room: walls, ceiling, floor, beam and column joints. Put a tape measure next to existing cracks.
  3. Valuables: appliances, electronics, jewellery, art. Shoot serial numbers and receipts too.
  4. Papers: title deed, occupancy permit, insurance policy, building permit, any structural report.
  5. One video walking through the whole home.

Turn it into proof and store it safely

Bundle everything in the Handover pack on the File Proof page and write the address in the note. Keep the photos and both proof files outside the home too: cloud, email and a relative. In a disaster your phone or computer may stay inside.

Renew every year

Once a year, or after renovations and big purchases, make a new pack. Keep the old ones: the chain shows your home over time.

This record does not replace an insurance assessment or official damage report; it is dated evidence that supports them.

5 common mistakes

  1. Sending the photo on WhatsApp as a “photo”. The app compresses it, so the copy received no longer matches. Send it as a “document/file”.
  2. Editing the original. Cropping, filters or re-saving create a new file. Leave the original untouched.
  3. Waiting to prove it. A proof carries the date you take it. Prove the photo on the day you shoot it.
  4. Keeping the .ots in one place only. Lose the phone and you lose the date. Email it to yourself or put it in the cloud.
  5. Not telling the other side. Sending the proof that day also records that they were informed.

A message you can send

“Hello, attached are the photos I took at today's handover and their dated proof files. Anyone can check that these files existed in this exact form today at gepara.com/dosya-kaniti.html or at opentimestamps.org.”

The next day: one check

Bitcoin confirmation arrives within a few hours. The next day, drop the file and the .ots on the Check tab; for important matters keep a screenshot of the result. More: How it works · FAQ.

Get a free proof Choose your photos; files never leave your phone, only their fingerprints are anchored in the Bitcoin blockchain.

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