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## Block Timestamping
Onionr can provide evidence when a block was inserted by requesting other users to sign a hash of the current time with the block data hash: sha3_256(time + sha3_256(block data)).
Onionr can provide evidence of when a block was inserted by requesting other users to sign a hash of the current time with the block data hash: sha3_256(time + sha3_256(block data)).
This can be done either by the creator of the block prior to generation, or by any node after insertion.
This can be done either by the creator of the block prior to generation, or by any node after insertion.
In addition, randomness beacons such as the one operated by [NIST](https://beacon.nist.gov/home) or the hash of the latest blocks in a cryptocurrency network could be used to affirm that a block was at least not *created* before a given time.
# Direct Connections
We propose a system to