Example Use Cases
vBase provides tools for creating globally credible, timestamped records of data, models, and research outputs.
Any dataset or model that can be represented as a file or binary object can be stamped and later verified.
This page outlines common applications across both financial and non-financial domains.
1. Financial Applications
Verifiable data provenance is especially valuable in finance, where credibility disappears when timestamps or revision histories are unclear.
To demonstrate investment skill or dataset quality, recipients must see a complete and timely record that is free from selective presentation. vBase resolves long-standing inefficiencies in how financial data is marketed, evaluated, and consumed.
1.1 Alternative Data Providers
Stamp datasets that update daily or intraday — such as sentiment, macro indicators, investment scores, developer activity, or mobility data.
Purpose: Create a point-in-time audit trail proving that historical data is complete, point-in-time, unaltered, and free from selective presentation.
Example Workflow
Generate a new dataset file each day.
Stamp the file immediately upon creation, assigning the Stamp to a Collection representing the dataset.
Share dataset with clients for verification against the blockchain-backed audit trails for the Collection.
1.2 Quant Researchers & Model Builders
Stamp each portfolio weights file, factor exposure, or signal output at every rebalance.
Purpose: Establish a verifiable timeline of model behavior to prevent retrofitting or selective disclosure.
Example: A model builder stamps each rebalance file weekly, forming a continuous verifiable signal history.
1.3 Investment Managers
Create a verified record for fund sleeves, SMAs, or model portfolios.
Purpose: Support compliant marketing and independent verification of reported performance.
Example: Clients can confirm that dashboards and disclosures reflect authentic point-in-time data that is live, out-of-sample, and free from selective presentation.
1.4 Fundamental Analysts
Stamp research models, valuation frameworks, or recommendation memos.
Purpose: Document when each idea was generated and ensure analyses were not revised after outcomes were known.
1.5 Index Providers & Calculation Agents
Stamp methodologies, constituent files, and weights at each rebalance.
Purpose: Produce an immutable audit trail of index construction, weights, and methodology versions.
Use Case: Common in benchmark governance and licensing workflows.
1.6 Time-Series & Forecasting Models
Stamp each model prediction, forecast, or signal batch.
Purpose: Maintain a reproducible, timestamped record of model outputs across time.
1.7 Backtest Verification
Stamp configuration files and results when a backtest is executed.
Purpose: Show when a backtest was run, with what parameters, and how many variants existed.
Benefit: Future performance from that date forward becomes verifiably out-of-sample.
1.8 Survey Data Providers
Stamp raw and aggregated responses.
Purpose: Prove that survey results are authentic and point-in-time, not edited or re-weighted later.
1.9 Auditable Recordkeeping
Stamp recurring deliverables such as compliance, risk, or valuation reports.
Purpose: Maintain a tamper-proof record of what was known and disclosed at each reporting interval.
2. Non-Financial Applications
vBase is domain-agnostic. Any field that produces data, content, or models over time can benefit from verifiable provenance.
2.1 AI & Machine Learning
Stamp training runs, prediction batches, or evaluation outputs.
Purpose: Create a timestamped log of model behavior for auditability and reproducibility.
Example: Use Collections to record the evolution of a model across fine-tuning or retraining cycles.
2.2 Research & Academia
Register datasets, manuscripts, or experimental results.
Purpose: Establish authorship, verify dataset inputs, and promote transparent research collaboration.
2.3 Media & Publishing
Stamp articles, images, or releases.
Purpose: Prove publication time and authorship of original content.
Use Case: Useful for timestamping breaking news, original research, or official press materials.
2.4 Legal & Compliance
Anchor contracts, filings, or evidence to the blockchain.
Purpose: Ensure that official documents can be proven unaltered since submission or disclosure.
2.5 Supply Chain & ESG Data
Stamp traceability updates, certifications, and ESG disclosures.
Purpose: Demonstrate transparent provenance and accountability across suppliers and auditors.
2.6 Government & Public Agencies
Anchor datasets, forecasts, or policy releases.
Purpose: Maintain verifiable public records and improve institutional trust.
2.7 Project & Client Deliverables
Stamp milestones, datasets, or deliverables at hand-off.
Purpose: Create a shared, immutable record of project progress between teams and clients.
3. Summary
Whenever it is important to establish what was known and when, vBase provides a cryptographic, independently verifiable record.
It turns data credibility into a built-in property of your workflow.
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