VNS is an initialism for: Telecommunications Victim Notification System, an automated system that notifies a victim that the perpetrator of a crime that affected them has been released Virtual Networ
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 0x831ac8537b18ea09728dae2ff7e6425d9af3f4a4fcd7f2ab564d3cc1365fefdb. 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/57c24c7f-0235-4de2-a26d-056c7822a905.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/57c24c7f-0235-4de2-a26d-056c7822a905.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).