Verify a Document

Drop a file (or paste a document ID) to check whether it's a genuine, unaltered Kingfish release. Your file is hashed locally in your browser — it is never uploaded.

Check a file

Look up by document ID

What verification checks

  • Hash — the file's SHA-256 matches the published release. (Live)
  • Content Credentials (C2PA) — an embedded, signed authenticity manifest. (With signing certificate)
  • Digital signature — the file is signed by Kingfish's key. (With signing certificate)
  • Timestamp — independent proof of the release date (OpenTimestamps). (With signing certificate)

Even when the invisible seals are stripped (e.g. by a screenshot), the printed footer — “Released by Kingfish Media · verify at kingfish.la/verify” — still carries the message. See the document library.

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