thumb|Winnie Mae, Wiley Post's Lockheed Vega on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Wiley Hardeman Post (November 22, 1898 – August 15, 1935) was an American aviator during the interwar period
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 0x3245a00f2d5de9a3b2d3d896b2dec0bc10c50b533383def9b8f733c733ffcc9d. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 954066 (2026-06-17T08:11:48Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/634c8658-97ea-4c08-9398-587c66ea6eaf.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/634c8658-97ea-4c08-9398-587c66ea6eaf.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).