Douglas John McCarthy (1 September 1966 – 11 June 2025) was an English singer whose work covers a range of electronic music genres. He was the lead singer of the EBM band Nitzer Ebb from 1982 until 20
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 0x3be0c50df98ab686697ebc2ccc98c2d5a0d8dac679722bdf080e645ba6826707. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953638 (2026-06-14T13:10:39Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/3829708b-41e3-4e06-8346-54fbcd1ce5ae.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/3829708b-41e3-4e06-8346-54fbcd1ce5ae.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).
1. Confirm isrcCode identifies the recording in the pre-2022 source corpus and cc-db-prod record 2. GET OTSVerificationAPI → server-side canonical-record, hash, and attestation checks must pass 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. Confirm CopyrightID is the CopyrightChains transaction hash 5. If all match: the cc-db-prod record is independently anchored on Bitcoin at OTSTimestamp 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 0x470e7dd1ee81a5f41208ba177de191138dd6fb61d30d09f028218064fe1b243e. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 957120 (2026-07-08T03:22:41Z), registered by our registry partner. The server verifies the private canonical record against OTSHash without exposing internal provider keys. Confirm the public ISRC, CopyrightID, and Bitcoin evidence via https://artists.proofprofile.net/api/v1/bot/ots/verify/track/DEBZ70800057.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xddab158f5af1a2e454ff214fabac5a684edba488a4408188535b46ac128d2d36. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 957124 (2026-07-08T03:53:27Z), registered by our registry partner. The server verifies the private canonical record against OTSHash without exposing internal provider keys. Confirm the public ISRC, CopyrightID, and Bitcoin evidence via https://artists.proofprofile.net/api/v1/bot/ots/verify/track/DEU671901262.