thumb|upright=1.6|Athanasius Kircher's map of Atlantis, placing it in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, from Mundus Subterraneus 1669, published in Amsterdam. The map is oriented with south at the top
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 0x94bbc94f9286ca711eb96107401c59f02c02259df39a4d4b8fc3e97617fe3280. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 954010 (2026-06-16T21:41:36Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/342a46e2-f6b3-495b-bc7f-6a6b6ee84c19.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/342a46e2-f6b3-495b-bc7f-6a6b6ee84c19.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).