tutorial

After installing, click the Windows start button in Windows 7 or the application search button, in Windows 10, type "TimeLock.exe" in the search box.

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Click item TimeLock.exe. The Home panel will appear:

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create a LockBox

Click the Create link on the Home panel.

• You will be prompted to enter a name for your lockbox.

• Only valid Windows file name characters are allowed, not:  * ? / \ : " 

• Names must not exceed 32 characters in length.

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Click on the advance link '>' to continue after entering the name.

Enter the beginning and ending time when the LockBox may be opened. Any attempt to open the LockBox outside of this time range will fail.

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The Begin Time must be at least four hours before the End Time and the End time must be at least four hours in the future.

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Note These times are UTC, not your local time zone.

Enter a password for the LockBox. The recipient will need to know this password in order to open the LockBox. The password must be at least four characters long.

Select a data file that you want to pass along to the recipient of the LockBox. This may be any file type, as long as it is < 10KB.

Finally you will be prompted to re-enter the password and TimeLock will build the LockBox file.

The LockBox file will have extension .x and will reside in the following directory:

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c:\Users\USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\AlgoMachines\TimeLock\LockBoxes

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unlock a LockBox

Starting at the Home panel:

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1. Click the Unlock link

2. Select the LockBox file (extension .x)

3. Enter the password for the LockBox.

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If you have entered the correct password and answered correctly and if the current time is within the TimeLock for the LockBox, then a dialog will appear, prompting you to select a location "Browse For Folder" where the data file will be created.

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Note

TimeLock is verified by syncing to the Bitcoin blockchain. This may take a minute or several, depending on your internet connection. Syncing will go more quickly after you have unlocked your first LockBox.

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TimeLock time is based on Bitcoin block timestamp for the last block received and is therefore quite granular. That's why the minumum TimeLock interval is four hours.

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Once you have selected a folder, TimeLock will prompt you to "Reveal file <data file> in Windows Explorer?"

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If you choose yes, then a Windows Explorer window will open and reveal the data file in the location which you have specified.

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