Jimmy Soul (born James Louis McCleese; August 24, 1942 – June 25, 1988) was an American vocalist. He is best remembered for his 1963 number one hit, "If You Wanna Be Happy." Background Born in Weld
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 0x1eb1801c87e87e379c538954cb31cb8dd5c4c1cd4acf2cc2452d237a68f61508. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953407 (2026-06-12T19:24:56Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/d1a144ec-ec26-4ff8-a984-09ba12c6ccac.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/d1a144ec-ec26-4ff8-a984-09ba12c6ccac.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).
Frank Guida Presents: Jimmy Soul "If You Wanna Be Happy"
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 0x18cc6b07558530400b5247ab36b3f9b07279c953580edc4391adbf99142f457f. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958157 (2026-07-15T13:14:32Z), 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/TCABD1116517.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xca3a14e1375a63771ece80b05144b90d0c090491e970fc16c8955531bb0f47ea. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 959043 (2026-07-21T18:40:26Z), 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/TCABD1116519.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x14fde0bd70893ff56a3529882417841e4d01be132b0e0b08a6bf168a8d24ba23. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958329 (2026-07-16T21:48:38Z), 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/ZA42A2112184.