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diff --git a/pkg/instance/experimental.go b/pkg/instance/experimental.go
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+package instance
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"crypto"
+	"crypto/ed25519"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"git.sigsum.org/sigsum-lib-go/pkg/types"
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+)
+
+// algEd25519 identifies a checkpoint signature algorithm
+const algEd25519 byte = 1
+
+// getCheckpoint is an experimental endpoint that is not part of the official
+// Sigsum API.  Documentation can be found in the transparency-dev repo.
+func getCheckpoint(ctx context.Context, i *Instance, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (int, error) {
+	glog.V(3).Info("handling get-checkpoint request")
+	sth, err := i.Stateman.ToSign(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return http.StatusInternalServerError, err
+	}
+	if err := i.signWriteNote(w, sth); err != nil {
+		return http.StatusInternalServerError, err
+	}
+	return http.StatusOK, nil
+}
+
+// signWriteNote signs and writes a checkpoint which uses "sigsum.org:<prefix>"
+// as origin string.  Origin string is also used as ID in the note signature.
+// This means that a sigsum log's prefix (say, "glass-frog"), must be unique.
+func (i *Instance) signWriteNote(w http.ResponseWriter, sth *types.SignedTreeHead) error {
+	origin := fmt.Sprintf("sigsum.org:%s", i.Prefix)
+	msg := fmt.Sprintf("%s\n%d\n%s\n",
+		origin,
+		sth.TreeSize,
+		base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(sth.RootHash[:]),
+	)
+	sig, err := noteSign(i.Signer, origin, msg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\n\u2014 %s %s\n", msg, origin, sig)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// noteSign returns a note signature for the provided origin and message
+func noteSign(signer crypto.Signer, origin, msg string) (string, error) {
+	sig, err := signer.Sign(nil, []byte(msg), crypto.Hash(0))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	var hbuf [4]byte
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(hbuf[:], noteKeyHash(origin, notePubKeyEd25519(signer)))
+	sig = append(hbuf[:], sig...)
+	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(sig), nil
+}
+
+// See:
+// https://cs.opensource.google/go/x/mod/+/refs/tags/v0.5.1:sumdb/note/note.go;l=336
+func notePubKeyEd25519(signer crypto.Signer) []byte {
+	return bytes.Join([][]byte{
+		[]byte{algEd25519},
+		signer.Public().(ed25519.PublicKey),
+	}, nil)
+}
+
+// Source:
+// https://cs.opensource.google/go/x/mod/+/refs/tags/v0.5.1:sumdb/note/note.go;l=222
+func noteKeyHash(name string, key []byte) uint32 {
+	h := sha256.New()
+	h.Write([]byte(name))
+	h.Write([]byte("\n"))
+	h.Write(key)
+	sum := h.Sum(nil)
+	return binary.BigEndian.Uint32(sum)
+}