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TruOwn

How it works

A shared record that buyers, sellers and owners can all check

TruOwn isn't a marketplace or a tracking device. It's a record of who registered an item, who it was transferred to, and whether it has been reported missing.

The journey of an item

  1. 01Register what you own

    • Create a free account with your phone number.
    • Add the item by its IMEI (phones), VIN or chassis number (cars) or serial number (laptops).
    • Optionally upload proof of purchase to raise its trust level from Self-declared to Documented.
    • If someone has already registered the same identifier, a dispute opens instead of a silent rejection.

  2. 02Anyone can check it

    • Buyers check the identifier for free, with no account.
    • They see the status, trust level, first registration date and number of previous owners.
    • They never see your name, phone number, email or location.

  3. 03Transfer with both sides confirming

    • The seller starts a transfer to the buyer's TruOwn account.
    • The buyer confirms with a one-time code sent to their phone.
    • Ownership only moves after both have confirmed. Unconfirmed transfers expire after 24 hours.
    • The buyer can download a purchase certificate with a QR code that links to the live record.

Safeguards built into the rules

These are enforced by the system, not just suggested.

  • 72-hour cooling-off

    After you change your password, phone number, email or recovery details, transfers are paused for 72 hours. If someone takes over an account, they can't quickly move the owner's items.

  • Report without logging in

    If the stolen phone is the one you log in with, you can still flag it as stolen using your recovery PIN or a recovery code.

  • Up to 3 trusted contacts

    People you trust can flag your item as missing for you. You confirm the flag when you can.

  • 7-day watch

    A buyer who is still deciding can watch an item and hear if its status changes.

Trust levels

A higher level is a stronger signal. None of them is a legal title.

  • Self-declared

    Registered by the owner without proof of purchase.

  • Documented

    The owner uploaded proof of purchase, such as a receipt.

  • Verified by dealer

    A dealer confirmed the registration.

How the tamper-evident record works

Chained. Every event (registered, transferred, reported, recovered) is stored with a fingerprint (a cryptographic hash) of the event before it. Changing any past event changes its fingerprint and breaks every link after it.

Anchored daily. Each day's new events are combined into a single fingerprint (a Merkle root) and published to an independent public timestamping service. Anyone can then check that a specific event was part of that day's batch.

Verify a record yourself using the event ID shown in the item's history.

What it proves

  • An event was recorded at or before the time it was anchored.
  • It hasn't been edited or deleted since.
  • The order of an item's history is intact.

What it doesn't prove

  • That what someone declared was true.
  • Legal ownership. TruOwn isn't a title authority.
  • Anyone's identity. The log stores pseudonymous IDs only.

Ready when you are

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