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ARCHIVE Anchor

End-to-End Integrity for Archives

on:mint makes entire collections verifiable and tamper-proof. Every file retains its provenance, proof of authenticity, and contextual linkage
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Audit-proof blockchain anchoring
Traceable chain of provenance
Tamper-proof asset protection
• The AI-Era Dilemma

Millions of files. Zero proof of origin.

What remains are data records without legal validity
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Your archives are losing their order and integrity

Files are scattered across servers and clouds – with no common source, no traceable origin.
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Data rooms blur the lines between original and copy

AI models and platforms access your archives, but origin, version, and rights are fading away.
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Storage is not proof

Simply storing assets does not preserve them. Without documented provenance, they lack legal evidentiary value.
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Your archives are losing their order and integrity

Files are scattered across servers and clouds – with no common source, no traceable origin.
Metallische Tulpe, Biene und Wabe

Data rooms blur the lines between original and copy

AI models and platforms access your archives, but origin, version, and rights are fading away.
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Storage is not proof

Simply storing assets does not preserve them. Without documented provenance, they lack legal evidentiary value.
What’s being lost is the integrity of digital assets. on:mint preserves it.
• The Solution

Archive Anchor

Case Study: From origin to use

A media company draws on a historical archive for a new documentary. Thousands of clips, images, and documents flow into the production. Their provenance must remain traceable – with no doubt about authenticity.
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01
Anchor Your Archive
Our system captures every archival file and anchors it immutably on the blockchain. Through cryptographic hashes, they remain permanently identifiable and verifiable.
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02
Proving Sources and Dependencies
Even complex archive structures remain traceable: like a digital family tree, Merkle Tree technology shows which sources belong together and how your work was created.
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Documenting & Protecting Authenticity
Every use is recorded with a timestamp and a cryptographic watermark. This allows you to identify forgeries, AI manipulations, or unauthorized copies, effectively securing your rights.
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04
Control & Monetize Usage
You define who may use what – commercialization, AI training, or downstream reuse. Fully configurable and transparently verifiable.

• Der Weg vom Archiv zur Beweiskette

So funktioniert’s

01Archiv(e) erfassen
02Struktur auf der Blockchain verankern
03Digitalen Archivnachweis erhalten
04Nachweise teilen & prüfen
on:mint analysiert Dateien und Metadaten Ihres Bestands und erstellt daraus eine eindeutige Provenance-Struktur.

AnwenderInnen

Für wen nachweisbare Archive entscheidend sind

Medienhäuser & Unternehmen
» Unsere Archive wachsen an – nur keiner weiß mehr, welche Version das Original ist. «
on:mint
Strukturiert Ihre Inhalte nach Herkunft und Lizenzstatus – nachvollziehbar und fälschungssicher.
Forschung & Wissenschaft
» Unsere Messdaten müssen auch in zehn Jahren belegbar sein – egal, wo sie liegen.«
on:mint
Verankert Provenienz, Zeitstempel und Integrität Ihrer Forschungsdaten – für dauerhafte Nachvollziehbarkeit.
Behörden & Archive
» Wir sichern Millionen Dokumente – doch der echte Herkunftsnachweis fehlt uns oft. «
on:mint
Erstellt überprüfbare Beweisketten – rechtssicher, nachvollziehbar und dauerhaft geschützt.
KI & Data Spaces
» Wir kombinieren Daten aus vielen Quellen – aber die Herkunft bleibt oft im Dunkeln. «
on:mint
Kennzeichnet Datensätze kryptografisch – Herkunft und Beweiskraft bleiben auf allen Systemen erhalten.
Medienhäuser & Unternehmen
» Unsere Archive wachsen an – nur keiner weiß mehr, welche Version das Original ist. «
on:mint
Strukturiert Ihre Inhalte nach Herkunft und Lizenzstatus – nachvollziehbar und fälschungssicher.
Forschung & Wissenschaft
» Unsere Messdaten müssen auch in zehn Jahren belegbar sein – egal, wo sie liegen.«
on:mint
Verankert Provenienz, Zeitstempel und Integrität Ihrer Forschungsdaten – für dauerhafte Nachvollziehbarkeit.
Behörden & Archive
» Wir sichern Millionen Dokumente – doch der echte Herkunftsnachweis fehlt uns oft. «
on:mint
Erstellt überprüfbare Beweisketten – rechtssicher, nachvollziehbar und dauerhaft geschützt.
KI & Data Spaces
» Wir kombinieren Daten aus vielen Quellen – aber die Herkunft bleibt oft im Dunkeln. «
on:mint
Kennzeichnet Datensätze kryptografisch – Herkunft und Beweiskraft bleiben auf allen Systemen erhalten.

• Use Cases

on:mint makes these archives and datasets verifiable

Media & Corporate Archives
Secures image, video, and text assets within a tamper-proof provenance framework. Permanently documents authorship, origin, and licensing status.
Makes originals traceable – internally and externally
Research & Measurement Data
on:mint anchors data series and lab measurements on the blockchain and gated IPFS. Every change remains documented; every source verifiable.
Proves data integrity and meets audit requirements
Government & Administrative Records
Creates verifiable proof for documents, registries, and metadata. Archives legal certainty across time and jurisdictions.
Delivers transparency and traceability in administration and law
AI Training & Data Spaces
on:mint cryptographically marks datasets before they enter AI systems. This preserves data origin and usage context throughout the AI lifecycle.
Protects data quality and provenance in AI contexts
Corporate & Product Data
Secures internal knowledge bases, production assets, and design archives. Proves what was developed or modified – and when.
Protects innovation data and intellectual property
Cultural Collections & Archives
on:mint preserves provenance chains and digital authenticity of cultural assets. Verifiable even when files are shared or reformatted.
Safeguards the digital originality of cultural works
Media & Corporate Archives
Secures image, video, and text assets within a tamper-proof provenance framework. Permanently documents authorship, origin, and licensing status.
Makes originals traceable – internally and externally
Research & Measurement Data
on:mint anchors data series and lab measurements on the blockchain and gated IPFS. Every change remains documented; every source verifiable.
Proves data integrity and meets audit requirements
Government & Administrative Records
Creates verifiable proof for documents, registries, and metadata. Archives legal certainty across time and jurisdictions.
Delivers transparency and traceability in administration and law
AI Training & Data Spaces
on:mint cryptographically marks datasets before they enter AI systems. This preserves data origin and usage context throughout the AI lifecycle.
Protects data quality and provenance in AI contexts
Corporate & Product Data
Secures internal knowledge bases, production assets, and design archives. Proves what was developed or modified – and when.
Protects innovation data and intellectual property
Cultural Collections & Archives
on:mint preserves provenance chains and digital authenticity of cultural assets. Verifiable even when files are shared or reformatted.
Safeguards the digital originality of cultural works

• BEFORE / AFTER

Control instead of loss of control

Bereich
Without on: mint
With on: mint
Proof of Authenticity
No reliable proof; originality remains questionable
Tamper-proof timestamps and cryptographic watermarks
Protection Against Manipulation
Changes go undetected
Automatic detection of forgeries and AI-based manipulations
Source Verification
Origin unclear; dependencies not traceable
Source relationships visualized like a digital family tree
Usage Transparency
No transparency; no logging
Every use logged for a complete chain of evidence
Rights & Licensing
Manual management; error-prone
Digital license management – enforceable and transparent
AI Training
Uncontrolled use of your content
Explicit approval for AI training – logged and compensated
Compliance & Audits
No reliable audit trail
Audit-proof evidence of origin and us

• Next step

Protect Your Assets

… and what you’ve created. on:mint proves authenticity, secures rights – and ensures every use counts.
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FAQs

The on:mint Archive Anchor is a B2B product designed to ensure the integrity of large digital archives, particularly historical media collections.

It enables organizations to document the state of entire archives at a specific point in time and to verify any subsequent changes in a tamper-proof manner.

The Archive Anchor does not replace existing archive or storage systems.

Instead, it complements them with a technical integrity and trust layer that operates independently of the underlying archive system.

The product is aimed at organizations that want to strengthen and prove the authenticity and integrity of their archival holdings.

Yes. To operate the Archive Anchor, we install an on:mint software component within the customer’s infrastructure.

This software is the technical prerequisite that enables on:mint to implement the Archive Anchor in the customer environment.

It allows large and distributed archive holdings to be securely connected, synchronized, and integrated into the on:mint integrity framework.

Specifically, the software ensures that:

  • on:mint functionality operates directly where the archive data resides
  • IPFS-based mechanisms can be used within the customer environment
  • integrity checks and state comparisons are performed efficiently and in an audit-ready manner

All archive data remains under the customer’s full data sovereignty.

Via the on:mint API and the installed software, a consistent and verifiable reference state of the archive is created. In practical terms, this functions as a digital twin. Access rights, visibility, and operational decisions remain entirely with the customer.

The Archive Anchor combines multiple technical methods that have proven effective in large-scale media archives:

  • cryptographic hashes for the unique identification of each archive file
  • versioning logic to make structural and content-related changes traceable
  • perceptual hashing to detect content manipulation, especially in image and video material, such as edits, cropping, or subtle alterations

In addition, selected states or events are externally confirmed using immutable timestamps.

This makes it possible to prove that a specific archive state existed at a specific point in time, without disclosing the content itself.

Yes. The Archive Anchor is a specialized form of backup solution in which all content remains private and access-restricted.

Archive holdings are redundantly stored and secured via our gated IPFS system, without becoming publicly visible or relinquishing control over sensitive data.

The decentralized structure eliminates a single point of failure. Archive data is distributed and protected against outages, without dependence on a central system. In this way, the Archive Anchor also acts as an additional IT security mechanism.

Building on this, the on:mint Archive Anchor goes one step further by combining backup functionality with a robust proof of integrity.

Through IPFS-based synchronization, a digital twin of the archive is created that fully and consistently reflects the original state of the holdings.

This twin serves not only as a backup, but as a technical reference for integrity and authenticity. Any deviation between the archive and the reference state becomes clearly and traceably detectable.

As a result, the Archive Anchor answers questions beyond traditional backup use cases:

  • whether archive holdings have changed since a specific point in time
  • whether content remains authentic and unaltered
  • whether the state of an archive can be credibly demonstrated to third parties

The Archive Anchor therefore functions as an independent data integrity layer that safeguards the authenticity and immutability of archival holdings.

The Archive Anchor establishes a robust technical foundation for trust in large media collections.

Typical use cases include:

  • safeguarding the authenticity of historical content
  • supporting licensing and monetization processes
  • reducing risk in disputes related to manipulation or authenticity
  • preparing archives for controlled reuse, for example in analytics or AI contexts

The Archive Anchor makes archives technically verifiable and permanently integrity-secured by ensuring data integrity, resistance to manipulation, and traceability across large media holdings. This is achieved without making content public or altering existing archive systems.

Questions? We’re happy to help.

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