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Lab Notebook

Chronological, immutable, and witnessed

Append-only entries with multi-factor witnessed signing, non-repudiation, and corrections that reference the original rather than overwrite.

What it does

Built for the way labs actually run

The lab notebook is the canonical record of your bench work. Entries are chronological — the order in which they happened is the order in which they are stored. Entries are append-only — once an entry is signed and witnessed, it cannot be edited or deleted. Corrections are made by adding a new entry that references the original, so the full history is always preserved.

Witnessing is a multi-factor signed action that records the witness identity, the timestamp, and a hash of the entry being witnessed. The signature includes non-repudiation, so a witness cannot later deny having signed. The full notebook is full-text searchable across every experiment you have access to, and entries can be exported for inspection on demand.

How it works

Three steps from setup to sign-off

1

Write the entry

Capture what you did, what you observed, and what it means — in chronological order.

2

Witness and sign

A second lab member witnesses the entry with a multi-factor signed action. Non-repudiation is preserved.

3

Correct by appending

Need to fix something? Add a new entry that references the original. The past is never overwritten.

Why it matters

Benefits that compound

  • Append-only entries — the past cannot be edited or deleted
  • Multi-factor witnessed signing with non-repudiation
  • Corrections reference the original entry, never overwrite
  • Full-text search across every notebook you have access to

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