Cranford Hamilton Nix Jr. (January 17, 1969 – March 12, 2002), also known as Crannie or Little Man, was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was the lead singer and guitarist of punk band
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 0x8249ab52cbc611e8f7b39cb43f165ef333a19546de0e3436e0ef44b38bf2d3f4. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 954097 (2026-06-17T13:13:51Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/7adb30a2-4498-4474-a1f9-b43b84949360.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/7adb30a2-4498-4474-a1f9-b43b84949360.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).