glossary
Hashtory
A Genome's built-in, tamper-proof history — every change it has been through, sealed inside the object itself.
Short for "Hash Story." The tamper-proof chain of records stored inside a Genome that tracks every change it has been through.
Think of it like the service history stamped inside a car's logbook — except it's cryptographically sealed, so nobody can fake or alter the entries. Every ownership change, every state mutation, every significant event in the Genome's life is recorded in its Hashtory.
This history is embedded directly in the asset itself, not stored in an external database. The Genome carries its own provenance everywhere it goes.
How it works
Every time something happens to a Genome — it's issued, it changes hands, its value is updated — a new cryptographic record is added to the Hashtory. Each record is linked to the previous one, creating a chain that's impossible to tamper with without detection.
This serves two purposes:
- Provenance — You can verify the complete history of any asset: where it came from, who owned it, what happened to it
- Uniqueness — The Hashtory contributes to the Genome's mathematical uniqueness, making duplication essentially impossible
The Hashtory works alongside the Oracle, which provides an external provenance record. The Hashtory is the asset's internal history; the Oracle is the external notary.