Steven "Dobby" Dawson (born 24 February 1952) is an English bass guitarist, convicted sex offender, and a founder of the heavy metal band Saxon. Dawson started out in 1970 in the band Blue Condition,
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 0x18111bb086fa7ab461b844fd7328d83fb4622821f90a5b1e4e48400fec19851e. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953759 (2026-06-15T08:04:42Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/b6d4add5-62ae-40df-913c-503bd78b6c16.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/b6d4add5-62ae-40df-913c-503bd78b6c16.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 0x0d186a690e69eeaeeb2af7c06c40df40fcd001455eaedbde53801bbf7a60bae5. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958480 (2026-07-18T02:58:58Z), 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/CAL351370001.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xf3cbf4082470ea2aef6243c81962d925040c9895b84b4d577bd6e9572d34cf68. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 959080 (2026-07-22T00:07:05Z), 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/CAL351370002.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xbc152725af40f2b0147f80d65ff13db8674ba727570b9a8d47e8e00f5ac6c5d4. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958596 (2026-07-18T18:42:38Z), 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/CAM371301425.