Benjamin Aaron Shapiro (born January 15, 1984) is an American conservative political commentator, media host, attorney, and movie director. He writes columns for Creators Syndicate, Newsweek, and A
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 0x3ef587d669b2bbc4ddf6aa485caf4beac245412af839e5e5ebe091043d2fc314. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953407 (2026-06-12T19:24:56Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/1efcc3bd-da65-4db3-86c1-2ac14744b52e.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/1efcc3bd-da65-4db3-86c1-2ac14744b52e.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).