What you see in your dashboard
The live count and the list of who has signed, with the date. Signers can ask for their name not to appear in public; in that case it still counts, but it is shown as anonymous.
The signatures card: the total, how many are anonymous and the two documents.
The documents
Report
A PDF with the summary of the cause and the total number of signatures at the date of issue. It is what you hand to whoever receives the petition.
List
A CSV with the signatures, to work on in a spreadsheet.
Certificates
The individual receipt for each signature, with its seal and its reference.
How it is proved that nothing has been tampered with
Every signature generates a digital fingerprint. Those fingerprints are combined and anchored on a public blockchain, with a reference that stays on record. That does two things:- It fixes the date. Nobody can claim later that the signature was collected earlier or later than it says.
- It makes any change visible. If a single signature is altered, the fingerprint stops adding up.
Anyone can check a certificate on the public verification page, with no account and no permission. Enter the certificate reference and see whether it adds up. The certificate also carries a QR code that opens that check directly.
Basic signatures and advanced signatures
Right now every new cause uses the basic signature, because it is the only one that can be chosen. If your cause already had the advanced signature assigned, it keeps it and works as normal.
The type is chosen when the cause is created and cannot be changed afterwards. See the signature types