Anakin Glossary
An RFC 3161 timestamp is a token from a trusted timestamp authority proving that a given hash existed at a specific time. Anakin requests one over the evidence of a completed e-signature envelope on a best-effort basis.
A timestamp authority (TSA) signs a hash of your data together with the current time, producing a token. Anyone holding the data can later show that it existed no later than that moment.
When an envelope completes, Anakin hashes the canonical evidence with SHA-256 and requests a token from the configured TSA, with an 8-second timeout. The default authority issues standard, non-qualified timestamps.
It is best-effort: if the authority is unreachable, the envelope still completes without a token. Anakin stores and displays the token but does not validate its certificate chain locally.