In a number of Christian traditions, including Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Lutheranism and Anglicanism, a confessor is a priest who hears the confessions of penitents and pronounces absolution.
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 0xa928fcc0c3d240c43f0d0a8585c5328f869c693f2cce8aa120020e798442750d. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953791 (2026-06-15T13:40:30Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/dc784531-e507-4383-94c8-2b390fbcf698.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/dc784531-e507-4383-94c8-2b390fbcf698.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 0xfe4c6b56e7ac60be6fbc83fcb56994d52a4d46cab602604da9c80721294e10e2. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958969 (2026-07-21T04:58:13Z), 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/GBBPB0700258.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x213c945204a628108f17c6ea034e15d5930451b34cdf9c57ba5b308f36205553. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 959100 (2026-07-22T07:02:00Z), 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/GBBPB0700259.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x26f9031050df5fd198209701e8b1d654b7bb8262d1bee0bdb51d6af2d6200b13. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 956725 (2026-07-05T01:12:41Z), 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/GBBPB0700263.