Robert George Lee is an associate professor emeritus of American Studies at Brown University. He has authored key texts in Asian American Studies and, nominated by his current and former students and
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 0x9e76391523c803608c2e77464d1843b3587a4fecbca371f77396ff4e4abdf7c5. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953765 (2026-06-15T08:55:24Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/bd926c69-a8e6-4887-b7de-311b62c271cc.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/bd926c69-a8e6-4887-b7de-311b62c271cc.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).