diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a9e5d77..0fc94cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,4 +79,7 @@ todo
 - random data is now actually optional and is only 128 bytes (1024 bits) and are generated securely
 - better antiforensics by unsetting vars and cleaning up on exit
 - actually workan password checks
-- actually workan nice :3 mo stable mo sanity checks mo safety settings and methods
\ No newline at end of file
+- actually workan nice :3 mo stable mo sanity checks mo safety settings and methods
+
+hii
+
diff --git a/archives/README.md b/archives/README.md
index 9fdee60..9658398 100644
--- a/archives/README.md
+++ b/archives/README.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-completed archives here
+completed archives here
diff --git a/check_checksums.sh b/check_checksums.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da11758
--- /dev/null
+++ b/check_checksums.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# file paths
+sha256_file_path=./checksums.sha256
+md5_file_path=./checksums.md5
+error_log=./checksums_error.log
+
+# text colors
+RED='\e[31m'
+GREEN='\e[32m'
+RESET='\e[0m'
+
+# set these false at the start to be safe
+checksha256=false
+checkmd5=false
+
+# output errors to error log
+exec 2> >(tee -a "$error_log" >&2)
+
+# environment checks
+## check for presence of $sha256_file_path, fail with general error on error
+if [ ! -f "$sha256_file_path" ]; then
+    echo -e "\n${RED}FAIL!${RESET} File $sha256_file_path Not Found!\n" >&2
+    exit 1 
+fi
+## check if $sha256_file_path is writable
+if [ ! -r "$sha256_file_path" ]; then
+    echo -e "\n${RED}FAIL!${RESET} File $sha256_file_path Exists But Not Readable!\n" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+## check for presence of $md5_file_path, fail with general error on error
+if [ ! -f "$md5_file_path" ]; then 
+    echo -e "\nFAIL! File $md5_file_path Not Found!\n" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+## check if $md5_file_path is writable
+if [ ! -r "$md5_file_path" ]; then
+    echo -e "\n${RED}FAIL!${RESET} File $md5_file_path Exists But Not Readable!\n" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# check checksums
+## check sha256
+if sha256sum -c "$sha256_file_path" 1>/dev/null; then
+    echo -e "SHA256 Checksums: ${GREEN}OK!${RESET}"
+    checksha256=true
+else
+    echo -e "\n\nSHA256 Checksums: ${RED}BAD!${RESET}\nDumping SHA256 Checksum Fails:" >&2
+    sha256sum -c "$sha256_file_path" | grep 'FAILED' >&2
+    echo -e "\nSHA256 Checksums: ${RED}BAD!${RESET}\n" >&2
+fi
+## check md5
+if md5sum -c "$md5_file_path" 1>/dev/null; then
+    echo -e "MD5 checksums: ${GREEN}OK!${RESET}"
+    checkmd5=true
+else
+    echo -e "\n\nFAIL: MD5 Checksums: ${RED}BAD!${RESET}\n\tDumping MD5 Checksum Fails:" >&2
+    md5sum -c "md5_file_path" | grep 'FAILED' >&2
+    echo -e "\nMD5 Checksums: ${RED}BAD!${RESET}\n" >&2
+fi
+
+# tally checks
+if [[ $checksha256 == true && $checkmd5 == true ]]; then
+    echo -e "\nFile Integrity: VERIFIED! All Checksums: ${GREEN}OK!${RESET}\n"
+    exit 0 # exit success
+else
+    echo -e "\nFile Integrity Check: ${RED}FAILED!${RESET}\n\tSee Above or See $error_log" >&2
+    exit 1 # exit general failure
+fi
diff --git a/checksums.md5 b/checksums.md5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01606b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checksums.md5
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+e1351c891f5d836961f9a5bf8272b12e  ./.gitignore
+b73f788fe14ae5b781d81eb94e960de0  ./archives/README.md
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+b381bf88afe4262ad8185dd64a0d842d  ./create-attributable-archive.sh
+7bb49a9ca83d3eaec2ff3a16e3e35981  ./datetimestamp.txt
+0a007706580563c1d3f31b37b28be8bc  ./FileMap.md
+c7a749b080c6dd2324568f0bd5c0f17f  ./keystore/README.md
+dd2587cac4bdd1b2231e7805eb48df90  ./out/contents/README.md
+298db900c3611a0f6794ee30eacbf23d  ./out/README.md
+973323f463d79c6870a8448c62c83a81  ./out/test_validate_passphrase.sh
+a4bc6a7243371e94b7d831433cb43afa  ./out/verify-everything.sh
+ba1192e212e20c3c1b3306a4faef6b8a  ./README-instructions.txt
+bc6cd9956d0fa7fe8c8d242e02330531  ./README.md
+43f978564c0309905204c2e3d41920c4  ./Specification.md
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+a4bc6a7243371e94b7d831433cb43afa  ./verify-everything.txt
diff --git a/checksums.sha256 b/checksums.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f6e207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checksums.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
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+77a0b49395192e3b4ab451bf3512e3d5bd317f09ad826a65d2e8d2028456e2f0  ./FileMap.md
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diff --git a/checksums_error.log b/checksums_error.log
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/checksums_generate_recursive.sh b/checksums_generate_recursive.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..528c553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checksums_generate_recursive.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# file paths
+sha256_file_path=./checksums.sha256
+md5_file_path=./checksums.md5
+error_log=./checksums_error.log
+
+# text colors
+RED='\e[31m'
+YELLOW='\033['
+GREEN='\e[32m'
+RESET='\e[0m'
+
+# output errors to error log
+exec 2> >(tee -a "$error_log" >&2)
+
+if [ -f "sha256_file_path" ]; then
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}Warn${RESET}: Existing $sha256_file_path Found, Deleting..."
+    rm -f "sha256_file_path"
+fi
+
+if [ -f "$md5_file_path" ]; then
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}Warn${RESET}: Existing $md5_file_path Found, Deleting..."
+    rm -f "$md5_file_path"
+fi
+
+if [ -f "$error_log" ]; then
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}Warn${RESET}: Existing $error_log Found, Deleting..."
+    rm -f "$error_log"
+fi
+
+# notify user
+echo "Calculating SHA256 and MD5 Checksums Recursively into $sha256_file_path and $md5_file_path\n\t${YELLOW}This May Take a Long Time!${RESET}"
+# exclude git
+if find . -type f ! -path "*/.git/*" ! -path "$error_log" ! -path "$md5_file_path" ! -path "$sha256_file_path" -exec bash -c "file_path={} && sha256sum \$file_path 1>> $sha256_file_path && md5sum \$file_path 1>> $md5_file_path" \;; then
+    echo -e "\n${GREEN}SUCCESS!${RESET} Generated SHA256 and MD5 Checksums into $sha256sum and $md5_file_path Respectively!\n"
+    exit 0 # explicitly exit success
+else
+    echo -e "\n${RED}FAIL!${RESET} Failed to Generate SHA256 and MD5 Checksums! Check Error Output or Check Error Log: $error_log\n" >&2
+    exit 1 # explicitly fail
+fi
diff --git a/datetimestamp.txt b/datetimestamp.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c0d107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datetimestamp.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Tuesday, May 26 2026 at 06:42:27 PM MDT (unix seconds 1779842547)
diff --git a/migrate.tmp b/migrate.tmp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29