Chain of custody receipt

Source #420

Cryptographic attestation that the document below was captured in Goblin House's archive at the timestamp shown, with the hash listed. If the original URL goes dark or its content changes, this receipt remains as evidence of what the public record looked like at capture time.

TitleResearch: Founders Fund - court record
Original URLhttps://www.courtlistener.com/?q=%22Founders%20Fund%22&type=r
PublicationPublic Record Research
Source typediscovery_scope_note
Date2024
EntityFounders Fund
Captured2026-04-05T08:54:30.469Z UTC
Hash computed at2026-04-05T08:54:30.469Z UTC
SHA-256c1535c457a5971cde85ebf5a348c0feeba324e26f069c042107850409b8b4e28
Content length768 bytes
Content preview (first 800 chars)
Founders Fund, the venture capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel in 2005, has limited direct involvement in public court records as a named party. The firm itself has not been a defendant in major public litigation. However, court records exist in connection with portfolio companies and partners. Most notably, Founders Fund was referenced in discovery and proceedings related to Palantir Technologies litigation, given the overlapping founding team and investment relationships. Additionally, various SEC filings constitute public records documenting the fund's structure and regulatory compliance. The firm's general partners have appeared in depositions related to portfolio company disputes, though these are typically sealed or confidential arbitration matters.

Verifying this receipt

The hash above was computed as:

sha256( coalesce(url, '<no-url>') || '\n' || raw_content )

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  2. Concatenate url + '\n' + content and SHA-256 it.
  3. Compare to the SHA-256 row above.

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  -H "Content-Type: text/plain" \
  --data-binary @document.txt

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