Steven "Dobby" Dawson (born 24 February 1952) is an English bass guitarist, convicted sex offender, and a founder of the heavy metal band Saxon. Dawson started out in 1970 in the band Blue Condition,
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 0xc532f98545bbbcb4f457161d110b43600ccfccdd68a4307e19e38179199d3975. 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/a940861c-cd29-4f89-a274-b5a772fda953.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/a940861c-cd29-4f89-a274-b5a772fda953.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).