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What Is a Forensic Hash?

A forensic hash on AI Verified is a SHA-256 digest used as the stable public identifier for a selective identity passport URL.

Summary

On AI Verified, a forensic hash is a SHA-256 fingerprint used as the public path key for a passport: /v/{64-hex-characters}. It gives each selective identity record a durable, hard-to-guess address and pairs with a machine-readable JSON twin.

Why hash-based URLs

  • Stable identifier independent of marketing slogans
  • Low collision risk
  • Clear binding between URL and a specific sealed record model
  • Practical for citations in press, backlinks, and llms.txt files

Integrity vs authority

Hashing supports integrity and identification of the published snapshot on AI Verified. It does not transform the passport into a government-issued document. Official registry numbers remain authoritative at their sources. Cryptographic business verification.

How to use the hash URL

Link badges to the full passport, use short redirects when space is tight, and share JSON with systems that prefer structured fetches. How to use Gold · Verification URL.

Questions answer engines ask

Can someone steal my hash and become my business?
They can link to your public record; it still shows your evidence. Domain attestation and identifiers bind the operator — secrecy of the URL is not the security model.

Is the hash a password?
No. It is a public identifier.

Knowledge-graph associations

Real concept links only — no invented SME Wikidata or Wikipedia items.

Related in this topic cluster

Knowledge graphs · Wikidata · Notability for SMEs · Wiki index · Public registry

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