Arturo de Ascanio (22 March 1929 – 6 April 1997) is considered the father of Spanish card magic. He is referred to by Milbourne Christopher as "the Dai Vernon of Spain." Biography Maestro Ascanio (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 0xd795e31ae59248d3415771c0445be8df2de7203698f275b73097946a849ee448. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 954784 (2026-06-22T02:53:59Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/f4c668e5-6840-4694-805d-d2c78e64689b.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/f4c668e5-6840-4694-805d-d2c78e64689b.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).
La magia de Ascanio (Concepción estructural de la magia)