Edward Thomas James (August 4, 1961 – March 20, 2025) was an American murderer and sex offender. His being featured on the national television show America's Most Wanted led to his capture and convict
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 0x0e48e70d9d7f7096fca22b27b817a101bc361fb47d82c4fb2be5181f388aaa5e. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953842 (2026-06-15T22:22:30Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/eb4a5c6f-8f7a-48fe-94f8-b47a9c92725b.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/eb4a5c6f-8f7a-48fe-94f8-b47a9c92725b.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
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x6e50e56b8f004c5e4fb0bbc83aab48262f213cecc857041fe08fc1f8e2f85f9b. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 956857 (2026-07-06T01:26:17Z), 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/QMPAR1920002.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xd62c1135f8a424327ab9d7c8b609297175cca121d07d58d082a19b314b68770a. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 956375 (2026-07-02T16:51:38Z), 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/QMPAR1920003.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xaf89fbb88e4312324337904e1fad60e67d95e45e856de3acb8deb4040a62cf97. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 956545 (2026-07-03T19:59:51Z), 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/QMPAR1920005.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xa7ccfe3720d06a4e7d6ec2b9b4be61dee16d74d9eff20c09a18b42f346518143. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 956375 (2026-07-02T16:51:38Z), 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/QMPAR1920006.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xdd600f0e9ae28e092f50a5136394a5274a05924c39ec760f9e3822d9a2c85fb5. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 959061 (2026-07-22T00:16:30Z), 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/QMPAR1920007.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x7fd49b6263e961f61b94391fd8c86bdfef08c844a3378b6f7ac11d31466cb489. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958350 (2026-07-17T02:31:22Z), 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/QMPAR1920013.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xad347d9f7d8a15db6492d89f0f2980b0bcbe93fa3777ada66e30b08f4d82821d. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 956576 (2026-07-04T02:06:47Z), 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/QMPAR1920008.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xf94080bc5af60f42c131aee5171bb2796e5c26c960041bc96168d4e731300990. 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/QMPAR1920011.