Philosophy
In an era where AI can generate infinite variations of reality, how do we prove what actually existed? How do we preserve the truth of what we witnessed online before it vanishes or changes forever?
ScreeNFT addresses two fundamental challenges of our digital age. First, we provide an antidote to misinformation and deepfakes through blockchain verification. While AI technologies flood the internet with generated content, we offer something irreplaceable: a unique blockchain address with an immutable timestamp for every screenshot, creating an undeniable proof of existence. This isn't just technical innovation—it's a necessity for preserving truth in the age of synthetic media.
Our second goal is even more ambitious: decentralizing the Internet's memory. The web is constantly evolving—pages update, content disappears, entire websites vanish. We believe that preserving authentic snapshots of these moments, complete with cryptographic certificates of authenticity, is essential for maintaining our collective digital history.
Traditionally, we've relied on centralized services for this preservation. Google once served as the Internet's de facto memory (remember "check the Google cache"?), but that cache is no longer comprehensive and can disappear at Google's discretion. The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine offers a more dedicated solution, allowing anyone to save web pages in their original format. Yet even this admirable non-profit initiative has a critical weakness: centralization. Whether under corporate or state authority, centralized systems mean your preserved content exists at someone else's mercy.
ScreeNFT takes a radically different approach through complete decentralization—both technical and legal. By minting screenshot NFTs directly to users' wallets, we ensure immediate, irrevocable ownership without requiring additional infrastructure. Once minted, your ownership is encoded in the blockchain itself—no intermediaries, no custody, no one standing between you and your digital property. Your screenshot isn't stored on our servers or controlled by our organization. It exists on the blockchain itself, owned entirely by you.
This architecture makes censorship practically impossible. While authorities can target individuals or organizations, they cannot delete or alter what's been recorded on the blockchain. Every screenshot you mint becomes part of an indestructible record—a true, uncensorable memory of the Internet as it actually was, preserved for future generations to study, verify, and understand.
In essence, ScreeNFT transforms fleeting digital moments into permanent, owned, and verifiable artifacts. We're not just fighting misinformation; we're building humanity's decentralized archive of digital truth.