John Alexander Gee Jr. (December 7, 1915 – January 23, 1988), sometimes known as "Long John Gee" and "Whiz", was an American professional baseball and basketball player. Gee played Major League Baseb
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 0xdb8a2cef40f24dd0f3b3d76dd47ca8db35d733a5e513213d490ef8b1f2933cd1. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 954139 (2026-06-17T21:12:18Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/803da949-4dbb-43c6-82fe-f57cb58163aa.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/803da949-4dbb-43c6-82fe-f57cb58163aa.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).