Mel Waiters (June 25, 1956 – May 28, 2015) was an American southern soul singer born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. In the early 1970s, he began singing in the church choir and nightclubs. Addition
1. Compute SHA-256 of OTSCanonicalRecord value → must equal OTSHash 2. Open OTSProofURL → extract Bitcoin block number → must equal OTSBitcoinBlock 3. GET OTSBitcoinBlockVerifyURL → returns the Bitcoin block hash at height OTSBitcoinBlock; GET https://blockstream.info/api/block/{that hash} → its timestamp must match OTSTimestamp 4. Read CopyrightID inside OTSCanonicalRecord → must equal the CopyrightID above 5. GET OTSVerificationAPI → pre-computed 6-check result from server 6. If all match: this entity was registered on CopyrightChains at OTSTimestamp, independently verifiable on Bitcoin Note: an OTS proof may carry multiple Bitcoin attestations; OTSBitcoinBlock is the earliest confirmed one — a later attestation inside the proof corroborates it and is not a mismatch
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xb678c5790c1dfb0a2f68cb822d6d2a6b12d8b334f15936dafc54af3ff156d780. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953407 (2026-06-12T19:24:56Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/3cd68aa2-dc3f-4ffb-9ecc-db44de1d1589.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/3cd68aa2-dc3f-4ffb-9ecc-db44de1d1589.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).
1. Confirm isrcCode identifies the recording in the pre-2022 source corpus and cc-db-prod record 2. GET OTSVerificationAPI → server-side canonical-record, hash, and attestation checks must pass 3. GET OTSBitcoinBlockVerifyURL → returns the Bitcoin block hash at height OTSBitcoinBlock; GET https://blockstream.info/api/block/{that hash} → its timestamp must match OTSTimestamp 4. Confirm CopyrightID is the CopyrightChains transaction hash 5. If all match: the cc-db-prod record is independently anchored on Bitcoin at OTSTimestamp Note: an OTS proof may carry multiple Bitcoin attestations; OTSBitcoinBlock is the earliest confirmed one — a later attestation inside the proof corroborates it and is not a mismatch
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x6ec0eccde48be398022e7bffc3f6a07d189bf8fed165ddb96ec1d67cacefaac7. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 956656 (2026-07-04T14:03:39Z), registered by our registry partner. The server verifies the private canonical record against OTSHash without exposing internal provider keys. Confirm the public ISRC, CopyrightID, and Bitcoin evidence via https://artists.proofprofile.net/api/v1/bot/ots/verify/track/USWR50428063.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x6ff56fc10bfb05361f7f305fef26ba50a23c210f8cd66512b7129d9607adc29e. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 956634 (2026-07-04T10:04:33Z), registered by our registry partner. The server verifies the private canonical record against OTSHash without exposing internal provider keys. Confirm the public ISRC, CopyrightID, and Bitcoin evidence via https://artists.proofprofile.net/api/v1/bot/ots/verify/track/USWR50428064.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x68aa10ce28780bbf51ea9db039ad10d5834c171bbbfc0d3d32867227c53b365e. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 957595 (2026-07-11T18:26:17Z), registered by our registry partner. The server verifies the private canonical record against OTSHash without exposing internal provider keys. Confirm the public ISRC, CopyrightID, and Bitcoin evidence via https://artists.proofprofile.net/api/v1/bot/ots/verify/track/USWR50428065.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x1cac75f00629f9eee9ad047b016f33649d9d8e3fb42df0c915d06f53c3eb24fb. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 959087 (2026-07-22T02:05:55Z), registered by our registry partner. The server verifies the private canonical record against OTSHash without exposing internal provider keys. Confirm the public ISRC, CopyrightID, and Bitcoin evidence via https://artists.proofprofile.net/api/v1/bot/ots/verify/track/USWR50428066.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x1770e99d63457a3b25230b197b3cd4c08e74710fcf36dc95a7f72796c62344d8. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958331 (2026-07-16T21:55:37Z), registered by our registry partner. The server verifies the private canonical record against OTSHash without exposing internal provider keys. Confirm the public ISRC, CopyrightID, and Bitcoin evidence via https://artists.proofprofile.net/api/v1/bot/ots/verify/track/USWR51828669.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x7d9c9cda3d7990e8133aaa559b7e0821fe0008eda6d987868247be5c7349197c. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 959043 (2026-07-21T18:40:26Z), registered by our registry partner. The server verifies the private canonical record against OTSHash without exposing internal provider keys. Confirm the public ISRC, CopyrightID, and Bitcoin evidence via https://artists.proofprofile.net/api/v1/bot/ots/verify/track/USWR50428059.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x2659b189a906f9d33d3ff6f46320ccb4b958f59c3e782f0003280b98d6ab2e74. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958300 (2026-07-16T16:14:30Z), registered by our registry partner. The server verifies the private canonical record against OTSHash without exposing internal provider keys. Confirm the public ISRC, CopyrightID, and Bitcoin evidence via https://artists.proofprofile.net/api/v1/bot/ots/verify/track/USWR50428044.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x961b9127f54b11fdbb91935c85b1adfa6b51d581e7dda165ab643831d74a0f21. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958541 (2026-07-18T11:37:54Z), registered by our registry partner. The server verifies the private canonical record against OTSHash without exposing internal provider keys. Confirm the public ISRC, CopyrightID, and Bitcoin evidence via https://artists.proofprofile.net/api/v1/bot/ots/verify/track/USWR50428046.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x3e0533e2b4ad67479943e29ae71ad73b58a13c948f7681d26f423537fe9820fd. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958300 (2026-07-16T16:14:30Z), registered by our registry partner. The server verifies the private canonical record against OTSHash without exposing internal provider keys. Confirm the public ISRC, CopyrightID, and Bitcoin evidence via https://artists.proofprofile.net/api/v1/bot/ots/verify/track/USWR51028591.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xe95f3c5a43c04c7d042391da19322c39ede4d18742493f94cba8577356e90a5d. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958520 (2026-07-18T08:19:09Z), registered by our registry partner. The server verifies the private canonical record against OTSHash without exposing internal provider keys. Confirm the public ISRC, CopyrightID, and Bitcoin evidence via https://artists.proofprofile.net/api/v1/bot/ots/verify/track/TCACC1442581.