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The Value of Real Things
Authenticity carries emotional and financial value. LiTPOW began as a way to protect a family baseball game and is being developed for artists and small-batch makers.
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Authenticity is more than a label. It connects creators, customers, physical products, and the stories that give those products value.
These articles explore the problems LiTPOW is working to address, the ideas behind its verification system, and lessons from its first published product.
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The Authentic Artisan: Printmaker
A story about what a convincing counterfeit can cost an independent printmaker and the collectors who support the work.
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Proving What’s Real
A nearly century-old baseball game prompted a modern question: how can independent creators give customers durable proof of an authentic product?
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The Baseball Game as Proof of Concept
Bedard’s Universal Baseball is more than the origin story: its first edition is a working test of LiTPOW product authentication.
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Real or Fake? Try the Verification Yourself
A hands-on demonstration of the current LiTPOW verification process, with a sample edition, serial number, and passphrase.
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Establishing a Root of Trust
LiTPOW’s root declaration connects its website, a public key, a signed statement, and a timestamped Bitcoin transaction.
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What Does “LiTPOW” Mean?
LiTPOW began as shorthand for Literary Proof-of-Work, an earlier idea that eventually grew into today’s authentication project.
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