Richard Jon Smith (born 6 September 1951) is a South African pop singer who transcended the racial segregation of apartheid and became known nationally and internationally with the success of his 1973
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 0x9d0745473c5bf3b33df57853670819720f7d7ed90a9ab354414be00f3b8ef5cb. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953699 (2026-06-14T22:00:24Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/68858dea-fb97-4683-9f24-e6077c40e87a.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/68858dea-fb97-4683-9f24-e6077c40e87a.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 0x87973b3e7e167241333bac657e98709015d04184bf6956f0dea62da348564ec6. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958371 (2026-07-17T05:45:43Z), 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/ZAA021000101.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x2b4056d9d933e42be1cc2fbe89e3ca5758cc542e4c46b4a3f0f2245801f03156. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 956738 (2026-07-05T04:47:21Z), 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/QM6N21569387.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x5453253574240a9495b60e4fbe4d74d67951a297604776b4476f00acfdd020e4. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 956312 (2026-07-02T05:09:12Z), 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/FR8GV2272530.
The Best of South African Pop (1960-1990), Vol. 3
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xd31cc419d5bdd72e68b10169eefe419a8ff409ef709a213df6851ceed10594db. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 956304 (2026-07-02T03:55:08Z), 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/ZAC039501279.