VIP Records is a record store chain from South Central Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1967 by Cletus Anderson (April 5, 1941 – January 28, 2024), and at its height had fourteen locations a
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 0xf06d4888345059ef59c67ceb74ca32b8a607bec49b71c5a2611de14a715972e1. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 954065 (2026-06-17T08:10:43Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/5679bd15-6925-4a57-a465-78a80211769f.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/5679bd15-6925-4a57-a465-78a80211769f.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).