Richard Edward Connell Jr. (October 17, 1893 – November 22, 1949) was an American author and journalist. He is most notable for his short story "The Most Dangerous Game" (1924). Connell was one of the
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 0xc2bc84c273633d9f2092bf5f6bd7581034ae0d8bc91c363f9652ec8c8398b7b7. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953654 (2026-06-14T16:26:51Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/499f49b1-6be9-4b15-afdc-2b575e4231c6.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/499f49b1-6be9-4b15-afdc-2b575e4231c6.ots, the client at https://opentimestamps.org runs `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots`.
B. J. Harrison Reads The Most Dangerous Game
The Classic Collection of Richard Edward Connell ( 13 books ) [The Most Dangerous Game, The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon, The Cage Man, Terrible Epps, The $25,000 Jaw and others]