Alex Falcone (born 1984) is an American comedian and writer from Los Angeles known for his social media commentary on scams. Early life and education Falcone grew up in Reno, Nevada, the son of journ
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 0xe11df58f0911a9fdb5f6a8ad31823add5244075a94ad4cb82d0ec6405b7c6977. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 954705 (2026-06-21T13:42:37Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/ed280e7f-805e-453f-bb56-1c85f9fac17e.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/ed280e7f-805e-453f-bb56-1c85f9fac17e.ots, the client at https://opentimestamps.org runs `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots`.