Mario Giordano (born 19 June 1966) is an Italian journalist, television host and essayist, known for his distinctive style and his investigations into waste, politics, and current affairs. He current
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 0xdcf08dfdcb850b774f815969715cc2f041896eb4493fb67792e8b0fd1d0d6021. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 954066 (2026-06-17T08:11:48Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/6b9d41f6-6794-4a0a-9e4c-2eeab126516d.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/6b9d41f6-6794-4a0a-9e4c-2eeab126516d.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).
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