The Now are an English punk rock group from Peterborough, England. Whilst never officially disbanding, they ceased recording and performing in 1979. In 2004, The Now recorded all of their original mat
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 0x6e760e8007bea0cf9ba534fd3fee1d3fd3fa75d090321229bf6b5af8b222896d. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953770 (2026-06-15T09:50:11Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/be00fd62-5fd0-431c-95de-fcbcc0d0f856.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/be00fd62-5fd0-431c-95de-fcbcc0d0f856.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 0x6c0a490f4ebeaadbf13fb72f396ce0a63c4218713d53fc9ad29d447036728fb9. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958969 (2026-07-21T04:58:13Z), 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/AUMTB2200013.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x2e4e8a33a9854aed9e9112c2e62a72bc9549bf8c6d80b0573448277d80501d94. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958690 (2026-07-19T07:14:39Z), 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/GX8ZQ2400015.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x7768ca0266d64fbed2fce7a6b3bc7faff1306809e0a707c1d262bc48f9b65e00. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 956422 (2026-07-03T01:01:38Z), 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/GX8ZQ2500017.