MCPs โบ Data & APIs โบ witnessd
witnessd is a rentable third-party witness for the machine-readable web. It independently fetches any public URL or API endpoint, hashes and timestamps exactly what it saw, archives the bytes, and returns an Ed25519-signed certificate. Snapshot hashes are Merkle-batched and anchored on Base every hour, so the record is provably untampered after the fact. Built for agents that transact with counterparties they may later dispute: witness a price, a quote, or a published term before you act on it, and the evidence exists before you need it. Pays per call in USDC via x402 (set EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) or with a prepaid credit key (set WITNESSD_API_KEY). Witnessing costs $0.02; retrieving an archived snapshot $0.05.
Not monetized yet
Turn witnessdโs tool calls into revenue: one disclosed sponsored slot, 70% revenue share, fail-open by design.
Install witnessd
For anyone using witnessd โ no Lulu account needednpx -y @smithery/cli@latest install johannes-schunter/witnessd --client claude
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Get the Kit โFAQ
witnessd installs from source โ follow the repository README.
Unrated out of 100, computed from cross-registry traction signals (installs, stars, registry presence) โ never influenced by sponsorship.
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