thumb|Fishermen's shelter houses on Barreta Island, Portugal A shelter is an architectural structure or natural formation (or a combination of the two) providing protection from the local environment
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
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xa4b5c3aceea597618db8cc29abac597bec681e0fcc262807e9f94f7770906461. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 954066 (2026-06-17T08:11:48Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/778efc05-618c-4e90-8daa-47e1396649b7.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/778efc05-618c-4e90-8daa-47e1396649b7.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).