The Veritas Ledger Foundation
A Canadian not-for-profit entity established under the Tracy Quinn Foundation, dedicated to advancing global standards for digital evidentiary integrity and institutional truth
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The Veritas Ledger Foundation exists to steward the emergence, definition, and long-term protection of a global evidentiary integrity doctrine: a neutral standard for how digital truth must be originated, preserved, and verified so that it remains legally, historically, and institutionally reliable across jurisdictions and time.
The Veritas Ledger Foundation exists to steward the emergence, definition, and long-term protection of a global evidentiary integrity doctrine: a neutral standard for how digital truth must be originated, preserved, and verified so that it remains legally, historically, and institutionally reliable across jurisdictions and time.
We are not a vendor, product company, or lobbying group.
We are not a vendor, product company, or lobbying group.
Our role is custodial: to ensure that digital evidence can be treated as provable reality, not merely as stored data.
Our role is custodial: to ensure that digital evidence can be treated as provable reality, not merely as stored data.
Purpose Statement
Purpose Statement
Digital systems now mediate the majority of financial, medical, legal, commercial, governmental, and interpersonal activity. Yet there is still no universally accepted framework that defines:
Digital systems now mediate the majority of financial, medical, legal, commercial, governmental, and interpersonal activity. Yet there is still no universally accepted framework that defines:
what qualifies as trustworthy digital evidence
how such evidence must be originated, stored, and maintained
how it must be validated and interpreted when disputes, audits, or investigations arise
The Veritas Ledger Doctrine addresses this gap by proposing a global evidentiary integrity standard that is:
The Veritas Ledger Doctrine addresses this gap by proposing a global evidentiary integrity standard that is:
technologically agnostic
jurisdiction-independent
institutionally neutral
designed for multi-decade durability
What Veritas Ledger Is
What Veritas Ledger Is
Veritas Ledger is:
Veritas Ledger is:
a doctrine, not a product
a standard, not a proprietary system
a framework for truth, not a single technology
It provides a structured way for institutions, courts, regulators, insurers, and sovereign entities to answer a single critical question:
It provides a structured way for institutions, courts, regulators, insurers, and sovereign entities to answer a single critical question:
“Can this digital record be treated as provable truth?”
“Can this digital record be treated as provable truth?”
What Veritas Ledger Is Not
What Veritas Ledger Is Not
Veritas Ledger is not intended to replace:
Veritas Ledger is not intended to replace:
existing cybersecurity frameworks
existing compliance regulations
existing logging, monitoring, or storage systems
Instead, it sits above them as a layer of evidentiary requirements that clarifies:
Instead, it sits above them as a layer of evidentiary requirements that clarifies:
when digital evidence is sufficient
when it is insufficient
and what must be present for it to be considered sovereign-grade and admissible
Foundational Focus Areas
Foundational Focus Areas
The doctrine and related work focus on four intertwined areas:
The doctrine and related work focus on four intertwined areas:
Evidentiary Integrity
How digital records preserve their meaning, context, and continuity from origin to adjudication.Evidentiary Sovereignty
How evidence remains provable and non-repudiable without reliance on any single vendor, platform, or owner.Cross-Jurisdiction Admissibility
How evidence can remain valid when examined under different legal systems, regulatory regimes, or international forums.Continuity of Reality
How we distinguish between data that exists and events that actually occurred.
Current Phase
Current Phase
The Veritas Ledger Foundation is currently in a private drafting and consultation phase, focused on:
The Veritas Ledger Foundation is currently in a private drafting and consultation phase, focused on:
refining the core doctrine language
stress-testing assumptions with institutional experts
aligning with legal, regulatory, and evidentiary realities
designing a governance model suitable for long-term neutrality
Public materials will expand over time as the doctrine moves from draft to review and, eventually, to formal recognition and adoption.
Public materials will expand over time as the doctrine moves from draft to review and, eventually, to formal recognition and adoption.
Key Documents (Planned)
Key Documents (Planned)
The foundation will maintain and publish, under version control:
The foundation will maintain and publish, under version control:
Veritas Ledger Doctrine Whitepaper
Charter & Rationale Statement
Evidentiary Integrity Definitions & Glossary
Governance & Stewardship Framework
Certification and Admissibility Alignment Guidelines
As documents reach a stable draft state, they will be made available for reading and citation, clearly marked with version and date.
As documents reach a stable draft state, they will be made available for reading and citation, clearly marked with version and date.
Stewardship Philosophy
Stewardship Philosophy
The Veritas Ledger Foundation is guided by three simple principles:
The Veritas Ledger Foundation is guided by three simple principles:
Neutrality
The doctrine must not be captured by any single commercial, political, or technological interest.Durability
The standards must be written to outlast specific vendors, platforms, and current tools.Provability
The doctrine must always return to this question:
“Can this be independently shown to be true?”
Intended Audience
Intended Audience
The doctrine is being developed for institutions whose work depends on provable truth, including but not limited to:
The doctrine is being developed for institutions whose work depends on provable truth, including but not limited to:
regulators and supervisors
courts, tribunals, and arbitration bodies
financial institutions and custodians
insurers and reinsurers
healthcare and medical record custodians
critical infrastructure operators
sovereign identity and population registries
AI and autonomy governance bodies
The foundation’s role is to act as a neutral custodian and convenor, not as an advocate for any particular sector.
The foundation’s role is to act as a neutral custodian and convenor, not as an advocate for any particular sector.
Public Engagement
Public Engagement
At this stage, the foundation is not seeking:
At this stage, the foundation is not seeking:
public membership
commercial partnerships
general sign-ups
Engagement is by invitation or direct institutional inquiry only, in order to preserve focus and neutrality while the doctrine is still being shaped.
Engagement is by invitation or direct institutional inquiry only, in order to preserve focus and neutrality while the doctrine is still being shaped.
As the work matures, specific channels will be opened for:
As the work matures, specific channels will be opened for:
institutional consultation
legal and academic review
standards community interaction
These will be clearly identified and documented when appropriate.
These will be clearly identified and documented when appropriate.
Status Notice
Status Notice
Status: Doctrine drafting and private consultation phase
Status: Doctrine drafting and private consultation phase
Version: Veritas Ledger Foundational Homepage Text v0.1
Version: Veritas Ledger Foundational Homepage Text v0.1
Custodianship Initiated: 2025
Custodianship Initiated: 2025
Veritas Ledger Foundation
Veritas Ledger Foundation
Custodianship of the Global Evidentiary Integrity Doctrine
Custodianship of the Global Evidentiary Integrity Doctrine
All content subject to ongoing refinement and formal review.
All content subject to ongoing refinement and formal review.
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