Cryptographic IP Identity · No Backend Required

Establish ownership
before exposure.

Prove your code exists before you ever share it.
Establish cryptographic identity without disclosure.

Send proof of your algorithm without sending the algorithm.
Free Tier 1: The Trust Primitive for Proprietary IP.
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This is the entire interaction. No UI. No API. No backend.
NovaVault-X CLI — Tier 1 Flow
# Step 1: Inventor seals their algorithm
$ nvx seal my_fraud_detector.py
Sealing my_fraud_detector.py...
Artifact ID: nvx-e3cf20d72c50
Status: SEALED [OK]
Share this hash with any recipient for Tier 1 verification:
  e3cf20d72c50059304fb1a8e30ad50fae1ddb399ba02e0d981ccf93e5489339c
Recipient command:
  nvx verify-hash my_fraud_detector.nvx --expected e3cf20d7...
# Step 2: Recipient verifies — on their own machine, no accounts, no network
$ nvx verify-hash artifact.nvx --expected e3cf20d72c50...
════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 NovaVault-X Hash Verification (Tier 1)
════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 Artifact ID : nvx-e3cf20d72c50
 Sealed At : 2026-04-25T02:20:51 UTC
 Expected : 0xe3cf20d72c50...
 Actual : 0xe3cf20d72c50...
 Internal : INTACT
────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 STATUS: VERIFIED [OK]
 This artifact matches the logic hash provided.
 Internal source integrity confirmed.
════════════════════════════════════════════════════
$ echo $?
0
01. SEAL

Identity

Convert source into an immutable cryptographic artifact.

02. CONSTRAIN

Isolation

Execute logic inside a hardware-attested sandbox.

03. PROTECT

Privacy

Implementation is never exposed in readable form.

04. ATTEST

Truth

Only bit-identical results and receipts emerge.

The Problem

Why this exists

Today, proving your code works means sending your source code to someone else, running a blind pilot, or passing a 6-month security review.

Today: IP Exposure

  • ❌ Hand over source code for "review"
  • ❌ Wait 3-6 months for security clearance
  • ❌ Hope they don't copy your IP
  • ❌ Rely on legal contracts for protection

Tomorrow: NovaVault Verification

  • ✅ Send a sealed, cryptographic artifact
  • ✅ They verify it themselves on their machine
  • ✅ Zero exposure of logic or weights
  • ✅ Deterministic, mathematical proof
Feature Traditional Pilot NovaVault-X
Core Security NDAs & Legal Contracts (Reactive) Cryptographic Sealing (Proactive)
Access Control IP Whitelisting & VPNs Zero-Access TEE Execution
Client Friction Require login to your infrastructure They run it on their own machine
Protection Level Obfuscation (Reversible) Bit-Identical Integrity

Why existing protection falls short

Most IP protection frameworks assume disclosure first and enforcement later. In practice, enforcement is slow, expensive, and asymmetric—especially for early-stage teams.

NovaVault-X doesn’t replace legal protection. It reduces how often you need to rely on it.

Where this is used

Fundraising Protection

Seal your algorithm before a VC or partner meeting. Prove you had it first without losing leverage.

Internal IP Inventory

Create a cryptographic audit trail for every model version across your internal teams.

Dispute Protection

Anchor your logic at a point in time to prove prior existence in case of suspicious similarity.

Pre-Disclosure Anchoring

Establish ownership of an invention before you are ready for formal patents or pilots.

Founder Scenario

The "Advisor Trap"

You’re bringing on an advisor. They need to see your algorithm to help you, but you don't want to hand over your life's work to someone who hasn't vested a single share.

"I want to involve advisors and contributors... but I don't want the code to walk away with them. When do I use an NDA?"
— Every founder on Reddit

The Traditional Way

You sign an NDA (Legal friction). You send the source code (Exposure). You spend the next 6 months worrying if they'll copy it. You are relying on trust.

The NovaVault Way

You Seal the code. You send the .nvx artifact. They run it on their machine to see it works. They verify the logic hash. They never see the source.

Verification [OK] | Exposure: 0%
Product Tiers

One artifact.
Three levels of proof.

The same .nvx artifact works across all tiers. Economic complexity scales only when you need it.

Tier 2 · Live (Pilot Only)
Execute + Prove — Truth
"Prove what this code does, without exposing it."
TRUSTLESS SANDBOX
  • Recipient runs the artifact against their own data
  • Output + cryptographic receipt generated automatically
  • Receipt binds input, logic, and output — provably
  • Independent verifier confirms integrity
  • Execution access is controlled and granted per use case.
Request Execution Access
Tier 3 · Roadmap
Enforce — Automation
"Every execution triggers a deterministic outcome."
ENFORCEMENT ENGINE
  • Policy embedded in the proof, not the system
  • Payment, API unlock, or audit event — machine-executed
  • No human in the settlement loop
  • NovaPay: VALID + policy satisfied → funds released
  • VALID + failure → structural denial, no discretion
The Handshake

The Protocol Flow.
From Identity to Truth.

Zero-trust handoff between Inventor and Recipient. No explanation required.

01 · TIER 1 (IDENTITY)
Seal
The Inventor seals their logic into a locked artifact with a permanent cryptographic fingerprint.
nvx seal my_algorithm.py
02 · TIER 1 (HANDOFF)
Transmit
The Inventor shares the hash and the .nvx file. The Recipient verifies the hash to prove authorship and integrity.
nvx verify-hash artifact.nvx --expected <hash>
03 · TIER 2 (EXECUTION)
Run
The Recipient executes the sealed logic against their private data inside the secure vault. Implementation is never exposed.
nvx run artifact.nvx --input private_data.json
04 · TIER 2 (PROOF)
Attest
The vault generates a cryptographic receipt proving the result came from the specific sealed logic. Deterministic truth.
nvx receipt artifact.nvx
The Proof

What the recipient
actually gets.

Two independent checks. Neither requires trusting you.

External Claim Verification

The inventor shares a hash out-of-band. The recipient confirms the artifact they received matches exactly — no tampering, no substitution.

Expected : 0xe3cf20d7...
Actual : 0xe3cf20d7...
────────────────────────
STATUS : VERIFIED [OK]

Internal Integrity Check

The CLI independently recomputes the hash from the embedded artifact and confirms it matches the sealed fingerprint. Two-layer confirmation.

Internal : INTACT
(source recomputes to embedded hash)
────────────────────────
Internal source integrity confirmed.

Machine-Readable Exit Codes

Legal tooling, CI pipelines, and compliance scripts can consume the result without parsing text.

exit 0 # VERIFIED
exit 1 # MISMATCH or CORRUPT
exit 2 # ERROR (malformed file)

No Dependencies

The recipient needs only the CLI. No accounts, no network calls, no backend. Works air-gapped.

pip install novavault-x
# That's it.
# No API key. No login. No cloud.

The Trust Policy

NovaVault-X verifies execution integrity, not execution intent. A valid receipt proves exactly what the code did and that it remains untampered. It does not replace the human decision of whether that code should be trusted.

Integrity confirmed. Intent is your decision.

How to get started

01. Request Access

Contact us to secure your pilot keys and Tier 2 execution access. Every user receives a private namespace for the oracle.

02. Install the CLI

The protocol is open. Install the NovaVault toolkit directly via the Python package manager.

pip install novavault-x
03. Seal & Verify

Run your first seal. Share the hash. Let the truth do the work for you.

"Anyone can verify it.
Verification requires zero access to your source.
Not even the recipient."

NovaVault-X separates using code from possessing code.
That's the invention. Everything else is consequence.