Amess is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: David Amess (1952–2021), British politician Katie Amess (born 1985), English actress and model Ronald Amess (1927–2011), Australian ice ho
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 0xd8f63587be01fd178fbcf1a0ff93ba6a92d99fe2b146648b61f2002476545257. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953896 (2026-06-16T06:05:56Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/1022e59d-54b0-4c0a-857a-41bf12c0653d.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/1022e59d-54b0-4c0a-857a-41bf12c0653d.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).