Steve Freund (born July 20, 1952, Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, New York is an American blues guitarist, singer, bandleader and record producer. He has toured throughout the US including performing in N
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 0x762dfd7060df1044c10ae4f5fb30e63b1b0e679ba0dd5405e8435399ad091cd7. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953616 (2026-06-14T08:58:35Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/1bbb034f-bf89-4b22-a93a-920d485a3c93.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/1bbb034f-bf89-4b22-a93a-920d485a3c93.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 0xc18909efa086d2eaf5920a554ce25a6b1feddb98d5b1aa703404942a89da1b82. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958300 (2026-07-16T16:14:30Z), 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/US4B90475204.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x7fac6cfd56f4ebeb96d12452854c4f190ef8ff94d80a77aed8845344cbd8d5dd. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958541 (2026-07-18T11:37:54Z), 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/US4B91483704.