BetterSign™
Every change to your identity is cryptographically signed and linked, so your whole history is verifiable by anyone, any time — even offline.
Provenance logs are hash-linked entries, each authorized by the previous entry's lock script. The chain binds the VLAD at both the genesis and head entries for closed-loop verification.
A stable name on the outside, freely changeable keys on the inside.
The picture
Underneath your VLAD sits a tamper-proof logbook that records every key you've ever used. Anyone can replay it page by page, confirm each one is legitimate, and end up with your current, correct keys — without asking anyone for permission.
The provenance log is a hash-linked chain (seqno + prev + lipmaa). Each entry's proof must satisfy the previous entry's WACC lock script, and the VLAD is cryptographically bound at both genesis and head.
What it fixes
How it works
You create an identity, which gives you a VLAD — your permanent name
BetterSign starts a signed logbook for it
Every key change adds a new signed page to the logbook
Anyone can replay the logbook and check every page is legitimate
They always end up with your current, correct keys — without asking anyone
The building blocks
A VLAD remains stable while its keys and protected metadata rotate.
Every state transition is hash-linked and authorized by the previous log state.
VLADemlia helps peers locate current records without becoming the trust root.
Key changes become signed updates that followers can verify and apply.
The jargon, translated
Questions
No. Point your tools at a VLAD and BetterSign keeps the keys current for you — SSH that doesn't break when keys rotate, TLS that renews itself, API tokens you can rotate freely.
Recovery is built in. A stronger, better-protected backup key can fix things if a normal key is lost or stolen — no out-of-band scramble.
The longer a single key stays in use, the more chances a copy ends up somewhere it shouldn't. Rotating retires old risk — like changing the locks now and then.
No. A VLAD is owned by you and no one else, proven by math anyone can check, and still verifiable years later — even offline.
Point your tools at a VLAD and BetterSign keeps the keys current for you.