Howard Andrew Gross (May 18, 1952 – April 9, 2025) was an American author of thriller novels, including four New York Times bestsellers. He is best known for his collaborations with suspense writer Ja
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 0x80fdbe0246245401fbc8a07c8549cc05b2dd73eddd75ec8cf61782e23414e8af. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953773 (2026-06-15T10:40:45Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/c6fd8428-5842-4154-ac6f-4b32fd73800c.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/c6fd8428-5842-4154-ac6f-4b32fd73800c.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).
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