thumb|Fig. 1: Signaling with a Mance heliograph; Alaska–Canada border, 1910. A heliograph () is a solar telegraph system that signals by flashes of sunlight (generally using Morse code from the 1840s
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 0xdee2f22866a22a56362f6151108395a9c6cd2fffb3918f20122e44b965b9df22. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 954342 (2026-06-19T03:22:39Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/91c2c79a-e5f4-4385-8b81-20e3e5b2c270.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/91c2c79a-e5f4-4385-8b81-20e3e5b2c270.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).