“Hashd0x is a tactical software created by an artist, hactivists, and software engineers to combat disinformation through instant, spoof-proof on-chain evidence capture & forensics tools. The video-installation “Proof of War” uses this software to create a 3D model of a shattered house in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, using custom built drone-operated camera. The images and videos are hashed, registered, and stored on-chain via hashd0x’s dApp, creating a lasting, uncensored digital record of present-day war crimes.”
“Hashd0x [spelled hæʃdɑːks] came about as a technical and tactical proposal aimed to address common strategies of mis- and disinformation at the core of ongoing info warfare. At the point of recording this, hashd0x comprises a series of software and hardware prototypes. The software undergoes development towards a protocol for computationally driven investigations. Its design revolves around peer-to-peer, decentralised, user-owned, blockchain-based and serverless computing, allowing to record and verify provenance of still or moving images via hashing their metadata on-chain; this allows making informed assumptions on authenticity of examined imagery. To achieve this images or videos are captured via a dedicated digital camera or a mobile app; as the digital files are recorded onto devices’ flash storage, their content & metadata, including timestamp, signature & algorithmically assigned unique hash values are simultaneously recorded onto public blockchains. These blockchains are publicly owned databases, distributed across individual computer-nodes synced with each other and scattered across a planetwide variety of geographic locations.”
