Hermann Bote (also Hermen Bote, c. 1450 – c. 1520) was a Middle Low German author and chronicler. Life A native of Braunschweig, he served as a city scribe for octroi (tariffs) in that city from 148
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 0x370e742d58081427612ef0d37a1060680692aff7f10bdedf0f0052cebac9fc7b. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 954693 (2026-06-21T11:50:32Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/e7635b35-cc1e-49a3-a509-bf085a7d6e78.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/e7635b35-cc1e-49a3-a509-bf085a7d6e78.ots, the client at https://opentimestamps.org runs `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots`.
Hermann Bote: Till Eulenspiegel (Ein kurzweiliges Buch aus dem Lande Braunschweig. Ungekürzt gelesen.)