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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 0x1c196d66b8b3c9f89c32e6b733cb16419e29cfdbe52d195875b7d569866d24f6. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953949 (2026-06-16T13:28:01Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/10d4a15a-f31b-458f-a95e-746169777b87.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/10d4a15a-f31b-458f-a95e-746169777b87.ots, the client at https://opentimestamps.org runs `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots`.
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 0x1a868f0a298d7ecf9d5cbab673c0cb38793426e84aaac4b900aea1c65270ceb6. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958428 (2026-07-17T15:15:14Z), 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 at https://artists.proofprofile.net/api/v1/bot/ots/verify/track/DEZN82363138 — a six-check JSON result.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x141413d631a89a23ed137125a2bc16fb99deb07da69d3ea1fd1b0188f8b46554. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958517 (2026-07-18T07:54:29Z), 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 at https://artists.proofprofile.net/api/v1/bot/ots/verify/track/DEZN82363139 — a six-check JSON result.