<i>Since it is based on the same basic principles but in a much superior fashion, I, and everyone using Bitcoin-based timestamps, am comfortable in believing there&#x27;s a excellent chance the courts will not be unaccountably incompetent and reject them</i><p>I wish I shared your optimism, but as of now, I&#x27;d take tested in court over untested in court in most cases.<p><i>That is not an answer I&#x27;m allowed to give now. (And in any case, you have shown yourself sufficiently unpleasant and arrogant I wouldn&#x27;t answer it anyway.)</i><p>I&#x27;m sorry I came out that way, I was just very surprised you didn&#x27;t even talk of the technology behind what amount to the vast majority of cryptographic timestamping activity (e.g. bills, contract are routinely cryptographically timestamped in Europe).