Howze is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Hamilton H. Howze (1908–1998), American general, son of Robert Joseph Lawson Howze (1923–2019), American Roman Catholic bishop Lisa Howze
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 0x543d8c749476494f1570e84651eba735687e64a22f2376ff24d74678ff1d1bd6. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 954346 (2026-06-19T03:51:26Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/996bf994-168e-46c5-a930-a610e86fbb2f.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/996bf994-168e-46c5-a930-a610e86fbb2f.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).