About HashCam

Why was HashCam® created?

HashCam® was created to address the growing challenge of verifying digital content in an era of AI-generated media and manipulation. Our mission is to set a new standard for how we trust digital media.

What makes HashCam® different from other solutions?

HashCam® does not rely on trust in a company or platform. Instead, proof is based on cryptography and public blockchain data—allowing anyone to verify authenticity independently of HashCam® or even its creator.

Verification takes just a tap, with no need for blockchain knowledge, crypto, or wallets.

Ben Gyles is a blockchain, cybersecurity, and software development expert with deep experience in privacy-by-design systems, decentralised technologies, and secure digital infrastructure. Ben brings strong technical leadership in software architecture, cryptographic systems, and secure product development, helping ensure HashCam is built on robust, scalable, and trusted technology foundations.

Together, the HashCam® leadership team is building trusted technology at the intersection of transparency, security, sustainability, and global impact.

The Founders

HashCam® is created and led by founder Sebastiaan de Voogd through ProofStack BV, the company behind the HashCam brand. Together with co-founders Roel Stassen, Ben Gyles, Maria Boicova-Wynants, and Antoine Geerinckx, the team brings deep expertise in blockchain technology, cybersecurity, sustainability, intellectual property, governance, and international business development. United by a shared belief in transparency, accountability, and verifiable trust, the founders are building technologies that help organizations prove what matters.

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Sebastiaan de Voogd

Sebastiaan de Voogd is the creator of HashCam and founder of ProofStack BV, the company behind the HashCam brand. Combining sustainable entrepreneurship with technology innovation, his work focuses on transparency, accountability, and measurable impact. Through HashCam, he is building solutions that help organizations and individuals create credible, tamper-proof proof of actions, claims, and impact in a verifiable way.

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Roel Stassen

Roel Stassen brings extensive international experience in business development, innovation management, and scaling technology solutions for multinational organizations. He specializes in translating innovation into global market adoption, helping purpose-driven technologies expand through strategic partnerships, commercial growth, and international execution.

Antoine Geerinckx

Antoine Geerinckx is an internationally recognized impact entrepreneur and sustainability leader with nearly two decades of experience in climate action, carbon reduction, and sustainable innovation. As founder and co-founder of multiple impact-driven ventures, including Positive Impact Team, CO2logic, Airscan, Greentripper, and Go Forest, he brings extensive expertise in scaling purpose-driven businesses, international partnerships, and measurable positive impact on people and our planet.

Maria Boicova-Wynants

Maria Boicova-Wynants is a seasoned lawyer, intellectual property specialist, and published author with extensive expertise in innovation, governance, and intellectual property protection. Her work strengthens the company’s foundation in compliance, governance, and long-term value creation, ensuring that innovation is protected and positioned for sustainable growth.

Ben Gyles

We have entered a moment in history where images, videos, and documents can no longer be trusted simply because they look real. AI-generated media, manipulation tools, and synthetic content have made it increasingly difficult to distinguish evidence from fabrication. For decades, trust depended on who published something: a journalist, an institution, a government, or a platform.

But in a democratic society, truth cannot depend on authority alone. Democracy requires something stronger: verifiable evidence.

Without reliable proof, public debate weakens. Accountability becomes harder. And trust in institutions, journalism, and civic processes begins to erode.

HashCam® was created to address exactly this challenge.

HashCam® was created to solve a growing problem: in a world of AI-generated content and digital manipulation, it is becoming increasingly difficult to trust what we see. By enabling verifiable proof for photos, videos, and documents, HashCam helps restore trust through technology

“In Belgium, we trust itsme® to prove our identity. But until now, no such reliable system existed for photos and videos. HashCam® applies that principle to visual evidence: you no longer need to trust the creator- only the proof.”

Protective hard case insert with adjustable dividers for camera equipment storage.

Sebastiaan de Voogd

Founder and Creator

Authenticity protects democracy.

Proudly European. Built on European values.

HashCam® is proudly developed and operated from within the European Union.

Europe has long stood for principles that matter deeply in the digital age: privacy, transparency, rule of law, and the protection of fundamental rights. These values shape not only European legislation, but also how responsible technology should be designed.

At HashCam®, these principles are part of our foundation.

We believe individuals should remain in control of their own data, that technology should serve society rather than exploit it, and that trust in the digital world should be based on verifiable facts rather than opaque systems.

European frameworks such as the GDPR, strong consumer protections, and commitments to democratic accountability have helped establish some of the world’s highest standards for digital responsibility. HashCam® embraces this environment and builds upon it.

We design our technology with a clear commitment to:

Privacy by design

User control over personal data

Transparency in how technology works

Independent verification rather than centralised trust

Protection of democratic discourse

HashCam® reflects a distinctly European vision of technology — one where innovation and fundamental rights go hand in hand.

In an era of deepfakes, manipulation, and information uncertainty, we believe Europe’s commitment to truth, accountability, and individual rights is more important than ever.

About HashCam

Why was HashCam® created?

HashCam® was created to address the growing challenge of verifying digital content in an era of AI-generated media and manipulation. Our mission is to set a new standard for how we trust digital media.

The Founders

Sebastiaan de Voogd

Roel Stassen

Antoine Geerinckx

Maria Boicova-Wynants

Ben Gyles

But in a democratic society, truth cannot depend on authority alone. Democracy requires something stronger: verifiable evidence.

Without reliable proof, public debate weakens. Accountability becomes harder. And trust in institutions, journalism, and civic processes begins to erode.

HashCam® was created to address exactly this challenge.

HashCam® was created to solve a growing problem: in a world of AI-generated content and digital manipulation, it is becoming increasingly difficult to trust what we see. By enabling verifiable proof for photos, videos, and documents, HashCam helps restore trust through technology

“In Belgium, we trust itsme® to prove our identity. But until now, no such reliable system existed for photos and videos. HashCam® applies that principle to visual evidence: you no longer need to trust the creator- only the proof.”

Founder and Creator

Authenticity protects democracy.

Proudly European. Built on European values.

HashCam® is proudly developed and operated from within the European Union.

Europe has long stood for principles that matter deeply in the digital age: privacy, transparency, rule of law, and the protection of fundamental rights. These values shape not only European legislation, but also how responsible technology should be designed.

At HashCam®, these principles are part of our foundation.

We believe individuals should remain in control of their own data, that technology should serve society rather than exploit it, and that trust in the digital world should be based on verifiable facts rather than opaque systems.

European frameworks such as the GDPR, strong consumer protections, and commitments to democratic accountability have helped establish some of the world’s highest standards for digital responsibility. HashCam® embraces this environment and builds upon it.

We design our technology with a clear commitment to:

Check Privacy by design

Check User control over personal data

Check Transparency in how technology works

Check Independent verification rather than centralised trust

Check Protection of democratic discourse

HashCam® reflects a distinctly European vision of technology — one where innovation and fundamental rights go hand in hand.

In an era of deepfakes, manipulation, and information uncertainty, we believe Europe’s commitment to truth, accountability, and individual rights is more important than ever.

HashCam® is proud to contribute to that vision:

technology that strengthens trust, protects individuals, and supports democratic societies.

We believe trust should not be given — it should be proven

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Privacy by design

User control over personal data

Transparency in how technology works

Independent verification rather than centralised trust

Protection of democratic discourse