#stampery

Each day we spend more and more time exploring how the technology behind Stampery, the Bitcoin Blockchain, could improve processes and how we can build a more efficient tomorrow. Stampery enables a new world of opportunities for many industries using the decentralised technology of the Blockchain. With our powerful API we allow programmers from anywhere in the world to develop solutions using our core-service by integrating it in all kinds of third-party applications.

We were recently contacted by two of the top Spanish entrepreneurs in the Bitcoin space, who are currently focused on teaching what Bitcoin and the Blockchain are, to big companies highlighting the opportunities it opens for their businesses with a set of moocs called Blockchain Toolkit.

“Our main mission is to train our students to understand the Blockchain in depth, to let them identify areas and processes in their companies and markets where they can apply the huge potential that this technology has”, says Roberto Díaz, co-founder of Blockchain Toolkit.

We started exploring together a new use case based on the common problem that HR departments face each day, and which Stampery could solve: providing reliable, immutable and auditable studies certificates.

Candidates when applying to job offers, lie in their resumes with fake positions and studies. Checking if an application is trustworthy is time consuming and not always possible.

Разработчики стартапа основанного технологией блокчейн Stampery, мое мнение их стартап может сэкономить юристам немало времени, поскольку позволяет заверять документы посредством блоковой цепи. 

Стартап Stampery предлагает сервис заверения документов, который через Интернет подтверждает существование документов и дату их получения. Компания заявляет, что данный сервис может быть очень удобен представителям тех профессий, которые работают с документами персонального характера, требующими нотариального заверения: юристам, а также защитникам обладателей авторских прав и интеллектуальной собственности.

Одним из главных достоинств сервиса, по словам создателей, является то, что он исключает необходимость обращаться к третьей стороне, наделенной государством полномочиями для заверения документа. Это становится возможным, поскольку технология блоковой цепи уже обладает всеми необходимыми элементами для формального засвидетельствования: все документы, заверенные системой, не могут быть изменены или удалены, они зарегистрированы в распределенной учетной книге, а потому их подлинность может быть проверена. 

Другими возможностями, предоставляемыми компанией, является создание личной криптографической подписи, которая может быть привязана к идентификаторам пользователя в системе или же привязка официальных удостоверений личности к системе. Как заявляет глава компании Stampery Даниэль Леви сервис исключает любую возможность заверения документов третьими лицами от имени какого-либо пользователя.

При этом стоимость услуги электронного заверения документов весьма невысока по сравнению с расценками на услуги обычных нотариусов. На официальном сайте компании представлены следующие цифры: до 10 документов в месяц можно заверить бесплатно, заверение же вплоть до 1000 документов в месяц обойдется пользователям в 9,9 долларов.

Глава компании недавно анонсировал новую возможность сервиса: в следующем месяце, компания запустит систему оповещения о факте прочтения электронного сообщения — с ее помощью отправитель будет видеть, открывал ли получатель сообщение или нет

(PRESS RELEASE)

Stampery Inc, the company that leverages blockchain technology to bring to the market digital data notarization, announced today the closing of a financing round of $600k, leaded by Draper & Associates with Boost VC, Blockchain Capital and angel investor Di-Ann Eisnor, head of Growth at Waze.

“Our mission is to enable our users to generate accurate, reliable and irrefutable proof of existence and integrity of all their files and digital communications” said Daniele Levi, CEO of Stampery. “The investment and partnership from Draper & Associates and the global relationships and experience they provide will enable us to accelerate adoption of our technology and grow our customer base. We are extremely excited to join an elite group of companies like Tesla, Skype or Baidu, also part of the Draper & Associates portfolio, and to work with the Draper family, who has always been an inspiration for the whole Stampery team”.

“We have created a product that puts blockchain technology to work without the user even noticing. Now we will continue integrating in systems millions of people are using - we already rolled out our Dropbox integration, next is Box, and so on. Our vision is to be everywhere there is a need of notarization. Traditional notarization is a drop in the ocean compared to the world of possibilities that fast and automatic data notarization opens up” said Luis Iván Cuende, CTO.

About Stampery

Stampery is a company based both in San Francisco, CA and Madrid, Spain, whose core mission is to replace brick-and-mortar notary publics. Stampery enables users to generate an immutable and accurate proof of existence, integrity and ownership for any document or digital communication. Anybody in the world can verify automatically and at zero cost that the documents or communications notarized with Stampery were made by a specific person on a specific date and that they weren’t modified. Leveraging a decentralized technology, as the blockchain is, the proofs generated with Stampery are valid forever and globally accessible, even if Stampery disappears.

About Draper & Associates

Hooray! We are really happy to announce the release of our 2.0 version, finally!

After some months working hard creating a better product we have focused on improving the current user experience both in what you as user can see and even more in the performance of the platform.

Those are the main changes you’ll notice:

Added more API methods, specifically one to search for Stampery users; improving our external integrations not only for clients but also for interested developers who want to start exploring the benefits and applications of our technology.

Added fallbacks for a stronger Bitcoin network broadcast, in case something goes wrong.

As we announced, we are integrating a new, revolutionary way to prove your identity in a decentralized way directly from Stampery: Onename, a NY based company that lets you attach your identity to the blockchain in a super-easy way. Just type “+” followed by a Onename user when you upload a file in the authors box and that’s it! We aim to continue integrating Onename in a more meaningful way in the following months

Welcome two factor authentication! A big step forward to secure what our users store in Stampery. We really care about your data and your personal information.

Corporate accounts. We have a clear B2B approach so we have improved the way in which companies can manage multiple accounts and users with a simple and easy to use dashboard. If you are a company admin just register and go to Account Settings > Corporate and enable it. Anyway, if you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us and we will help you ASAP.

New landing page. One of our challenges is the way in which we communicate what Stampery does and how we do it. That’s why we worked so hard on the current landing page in order to showcase the current product, some of our clients and the benefits Stampery can provide to your organization. 

Added a simple and concise walk through in the first login. This way, we quickly show some information such as the email you have to add to the BCC in order to stamp all your emails. It doesn't take more than ten seconds!

BTW, we’re hiring! Come and work with us from our beautiful offices in Madrid, Spain. We are currently looking for a Junior iOS engineer (https://angel.co/stampery/jobs/76401-ios-engineer) and a Junior Android developer (https://angel.co/stampery/jobs/76402-junior-android-engineer).

At Stampery.co we've integrated a new, revolutionary way to prove your identity in a decentralized way: Onename. Today we’re announcing the first step of our integration.

Onename is a system by which anybody can link their identity to a blockchain entry. This allows users to regain control of their personal information, sharing it with any app developers that they wish, without the approval of any third party. Social networks can be linked to the user’s Onename ID, reducing username squatting and guaranteeing in a decentralized fashion the identity of the user.

This is PGP on steroids. Or, at least, is a system closely related to PGP that achieves something that PGP never achieved: simplicity and, above all, user friendliness.

This is an important step for Stampery. Now, when you certify a file, you can include as authors anybody with a “passcard” (which is a Onename ID). You just have to type “+” + any Onename username to add someone as author to your certificate.

We are thrilled to announce that we have been selected among  +300 startups to live the Menorca Millennials experience with another twenty companies from all over the world (US, UK, Indonesia, LATAM...). 

The program is based on a 20-day full focus experience to work in a quiet and relaxed environment such as the beautiful island of Menorca, and have the opportunity to receive inspirational talks from top level entrepreneurs and investors. 

Our fellow founders: Luis Iván Cuende and Néstor Palao will be on the island working hard in order to keep Stampery growing.

Dear Stampery users. We're happy to finally announce our first product update. Those are the new features:

Better landing page: improved most common use cases and frequently asked questions

New user menu: UX enhancements for a better and more clear navigation

Email notification preferences in user panel

Shorter user emails

Short URLs for sharing

New share stamp view

Public/privates stamps

Choose whether to store stamps in our servers or not

API is now properly documented

Drag and drop enhancements

Email verification is now required

Stamp deletion

Enjoy!