Ian North (March 24, 1952 – February 28, 2021) was an American musician, producer, and painter known for being part of the New York punk scene with his power pop band Milk 'N' Cookies. Early life and
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 0x6039655f174fc1cdab7d4a8ffde762e4dccf610e51f192428a2136de856ca147. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953947 (2026-06-16T13:14:26Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/21f2558b-c2b0-470b-8dd6-d2a79ffe970b.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/21f2558b-c2b0-470b-8dd6-d2a79ffe970b.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 0x673b5b5e6edfe31156cef9cb2f3646055a6a22e2f8ceac8b1f08ac90c335c6b8. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958733 (2026-07-19T12:51:21Z), 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/CBEN52400011.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xc9c142b9b199b2299cdd94d48932a4c4c99b938b8cb90ebbc6b40aaaad9c5a35. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 959094 (2026-07-22T03:33:16Z), 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/CBEN52400020.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x26256f72fc79ac48e2f4309375dcc020bb4d1c31f892878990aec093944eaad4. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958316 (2026-07-16T19:42:29Z), 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 via https://artists.proofprofile.net/api/v1/bot/ots/verify/track/CBEN52500001.