Laurence “Larry” Howard Ridley II (born September 3, 1937) is an American jazz bassist and music educator. He is an inductee of the Indianapolis Jazz Hall of Fame. Early life Ridley was born on Sep
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 0xa975f40daf8da8b2840960462c2792b200b7a02661cdce57f515bfd6ceee9e4d. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953648 (2026-06-14T15:20:52Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/3bba932b-02c0-4694-a22f-e4fe11b517b2.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/3bba932b-02c0-4694-a22f-e4fe11b517b2.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 0xb6438459ff419a7347e2b9db614f41a874a2d13bb65125a60f25c2b345dd0d90. 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/USHM21012452.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xe9e2c7a8370120766d7e98f0137a4019de35a84f9d11dbe081dbee767504766e. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953536 (2026-06-13T17:25:41Z), 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/USHM21012454.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xf9bb42128b1713e8f830fbfe6c6179638e282bfb4da307f5f0c1c1309f32b7e1. 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/USHM21012456.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x5bf4b37ad03e3c48bd42fab46f926d7c8c8ceb4c65e9ac32ac4a16531a1615c5. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 960327 (2026-07-31T00:26:26Z), 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/USHM21012453.
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 Note: an OTS proof may carry multiple Bitcoin attestations; OTSBitcoinBlock is the earliest confirmed one — a later attestation inside the proof corroborates it and is not a mismatch
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x23dded3be737fee869d17451e2255c48902fa0acc3e8471feb37ff55585dacea. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 960370 (2026-07-31T08:38:45Z), 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/USHM21012455.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x019de2eba00ae3cd366ca0819e6b91a4a114c2073e2729a017b9b86487a78672. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 960509 (2026-08-01T04:30:37Z), 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/USHM21012457.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x8b1cee9a84be62637dc9545f3c38bc1be6860fa79fe3c2fe0ad3bc421300d449. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 960344 (2026-07-31T04:14:58Z), 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/USHM21012459.
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