Benjamin Paul Bruce (born 31 October 1988) is an English musician, best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of rock band Asking Alexandria until his departure in January 2024. Bruce foun
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 0xb9616c66b1e96d7a40e72d2a2c8c670af061d4e109b9400760bc0044efdf0475. 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/c5509923-9969-485b-ade2-5d86f31ede82.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/c5509923-9969-485b-ade2-5d86f31ede82.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).