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56        <h2>Operating Model</h2>
57        <p>OTRUST focuses on local-first cryptographic workflows where the service boundary is explicit and each verification artifact can be checked later without opaque platform assumptions.</p>
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59        <h3>Design Direction</h3>
60        <p>OTRUST is built to minimize raw data handling while still producing records that remain useful for later verification. The focus is practical cryptographic evidence, transparent boundaries, and open-source implementation paths.</p>
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62        <h3>Use Cases</h3>
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64          <li>Timestamped evidence for intellectual property and research artifacts</li>
65          <li>Hash-based document signing workflows for agreements</li>
66          <li>ID and eligibility checks with selective disclosure</li>
67          <li>Partner login flows where OTRUST remains the visible verification domain</li>
68          <li>Defense &amp; government: sovereign chain-of-custody, air-gapped timestamping, and verifiable audit trails (commercial support available)</li>
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71        <h3>Created By</h3>
72        <p>OTRUST was created by <strong><a href="/krisledel">Kris Ledel</a></strong> (Kristian Ledel). In research on cognition he kept running into the problem: how do you prove something existed before a certain date without sharing the idea? OTRUST is the free, no-accounts answer — local-first, Bitcoin-anchored, open source.</p>
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74        <h3>Open Source &amp; Commercial</h3>
75        <p>The core is open source and free to self-host. For defense, government, and enterprises we offer paid hosted services, SLAs, integration support, and compliance assistance.</p>
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