content: How to add a cryptographic signiture to a post on Voat or any site. There is a way around admin edits of user's opinions other than archives.  Archives only work if you happened to have one ready.  It also doesn't work for past comments made years ago. We can use cryptographic signatures like the one you will see at the end of this post to verify that something was written by you.  You can put the public key hash in your profile and the only way an admin could edit your comment would be to edit your public key hash as well which would invalidate all other comments you've made on a site. I'm using bitcoin because private keys are short, signatures can be validated with only a hash of the public key, and GUI software exists in many forms that are easy for people to access. If you don't use bitcoin you should get to know it. Go to https://electrum.org/ and download a wallet software.  I make a wallet separate from my money for signatures. Go to the "Addresses" tab and right click the top address.  Click "Edit Label" to label it "Signatures" just so you know that one address is the one you are doing signatures with.  (For payment anonymity reasons most bitcoin wallets work with a library of addresses.) Now go to "Tools" at the top and click "Sign/verify message".  There you can enter the address you want to sign with as well as the message you want to sign and you will get something like what you see at the bottom. You can and should place your address into your Voat profile signature, as I have.  You can access that at https://voat.co/account/manage. But what about formatting: Voat uses markdown formatting as well does reddit.  To make things easier on someone wanting to verify a comment you should sign the end product.  Many times that is the same as what you enter.  If you have used formatting tricks it may not.  Hit preview and you should get something you can sign. Now add <sub>Signature: My signature</sub> to the bottom. Verifying uses the exact same toolset and I think you can figure it out. It isn't the most necessary here but it is a badge of Spez's dishonesty and whenever /r/meanwhileatvoat looks here they will have to ask why we do this.  It will be a reminder to them what site they are on.  It's also a good practice and most good practices are developed by doing them where they aren't the most critical.  Also though, much like a gun, it is only useful to you if you started the practice before you are in a situation where you need it. Signature: IJ8ZS2pETEitm+7O3StGo/EsfKwfmkvEmiyM7ZwjArifCZyKwC10qPO0jz2zjHFc9aZJ8BEC7AoBXpUjRWICpYk=