Gene McDonald (born 1963) is an American bass singer and was the bass vocalist for the Florida Boys southern gospel quartet from 1998 to 2007. Biography Early years McDonald's roots in gospel music
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 0x5d1542d645c49ff135dc4ab701971fc32ec81d3583bc0bcd8ea5696a9a9e3a09. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953827 (2026-06-15T19:59:56Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/e3aa79b8-4545-48a9-8ba2-d6c4e34259b5.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/e3aa79b8-4545-48a9-8ba2-d6c4e34259b5.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).
Thanks To Calvary (I Don't Live Here Anymore)
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 0x5a562cf6cadb234945cc58c6c71a3f4a2345c9e59b008bc35a801e8cd53bbb29. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 959096 (2026-07-22T03:48:36Z), 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/US3272500228.
Country Bluegrass Homecoming (Vol. 2 / Live)
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x52b8b555fafc7c61f9e964733dd99fce919387d9bdf3551d134d02f84af19082. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 956351 (2026-07-02T11:38:34Z), 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/US3270404601.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x0f1b3d4e7e9d09ada5924cbc996ba567a776a35f012e93bc63750a74dbc4d51d. 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/US3270402798.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x75ba2aeb6d851f115a88f604aa3f271703348f39d2182bc968e17f7f9d5bdae5. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 956894 (2026-07-06T07:53:57Z), 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/US3270404763.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xf52f9f2788a8a32cbe49f64f0152fa39f92438c88f6d4cf764c1e57d9c7fcfec. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953528 (2026-06-13T15:41:10Z), 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/US3271100003.