Features
One monthly service, set up and run for you. Here is exactly what is included — and, further down, an honest note about what no service can do.
Every protected site gets its own registered ID, tied to your domain — or several domains, if your business runs more than one. One client can protect many websites under one service.
Your fingerprint is layered into your site in more than one place, so removing one piece does not remove the protection. It reports back whenever your pages load, from anywhere.
When your fingerprint loads on a domain that is not yours, you are emailed the copying domain, the exact page, the date and time, and visitor details — automatically, as it happens.
Your content is fingerprinted with the SHA-256 standard used by banks and security software. A single changed letter or pixel produces a completely different fingerprint — which is exactly what makes an exact match such strong evidence.
Your fingerprints are anchored to the Bitcoin blockchain through OpenTimestamps — a permanent, public, tamper-proof record of when your content existed. You receive the proof file and a plain-English certificate for each stamp.
We crawl your entire site — every page, every photo, every asset — and hash each file. Re-scans produce a clear change report: what changed, what was added, what disappeared.
If a copy is found, we assemble the package platforms ask for: tracking logs, timestamps, certificates, and the comparison between your stamped original and the copy.
When your protection goes live, you receive a confirmation with your tracking ID and the domains covered, so you always know exactly what is protected.
Every stamp is written into a chained record where each entry protects the ones before it — history cannot be quietly rewritten, including by us.
WordPress sites protect themselves in minutes: install the Footprint OnChain plugin, paste in the tracking ID and canary phrase from your setup details, and the full fingerprint — meta tag, canary marker, and both beacons — is added to every page automatically.
The whole-website scan hashes your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript as well as your words and photos. A copied build matches file for file — even if the copier rewrites the visible text.
If a small snippet can be added to your site, it can be protected: hand-built sites, WordPress, and most website builders that allow custom code. If we built or host your site, we add it for you.
Most website owners already have some protection and do not realise how thin it is. Here is the honest comparison.
| On your own | With Footprint OnChain | |
|---|---|---|
| Finding a copy | Luck — a customer mentions it, or it starts outranking you, usually months later | An automatic alert the first time your fingerprint loads on a foreign domain |
| Proving it was yours first | “We built it in March, honest” — invoices and memory | SHA-256 fingerprints of your pages, code, and photos, anchored to the Bitcoin blockchain, with a certificate |
| Asking a host to act | Screenshots and an argument | An evidence pack: monitoring log, timestamps, certificates, and an original-vs-copy comparison |
| When you redesign | Your proof goes stale — the new design was never recorded | Re-scan and re-stamp: every version carries its own dated fingerprint |
| Your time | You are the monitoring department | Set up once; alerts and evidence are handled for you |
No technology can physically stop someone from copying a public website — if a browser can display it, its code can be saved. Anyone who promises otherwise is selling you a story. What Footprint OnChain does is what actually wins disputes: it detects copies when they go live and gives you timestamped proof that the work was yours first. A blockchain timestamp is strong evidence of existence and timing; it is not a copyright registration, and we are not lawyers — for a major dispute, your evidence pack is the head start you hand to one.
Tell us which website you want protected and we will walk you through setup on a short call.