The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In, commonly referred to as The Chimes, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in 1844, one year after A Chr
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 0xc4e0ecadb595cbd67ad2ba6d1458ce0b26e6a502fb51a7190c114a76e7f2112e. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953408 (2026-06-12T19:28:13Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/def76b95-5643-4a1a-9ee3-33157907c24a.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/def76b95-5643-4a1a-9ee3-33157907c24a.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).
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 0xd1994c150c9c0051730e2d0c65a816cb00bdfb8a7087929c60e37bc60e72b89c. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 956404 (2026-07-17T03:25:59Z), 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/QM6MZ2198837.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xf7030b0c825fb089610673125b0743f3ab770e631b9e56c278cd29a01ee3ef61. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 956772 (2026-07-05T10:01:46Z), 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/QM4TX1838951.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x18276b840f19683a6aabb0c923830abbbceece68c0c456c4303fd86221a7a8cb. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958943 (2026-07-21T00:27:37Z), 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/QM4TX1838965.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x15112660b22be4bd7ff94eeda3fa5c7202e68f109f1782c87b3482cc8af6ea9d. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958256 (2026-07-16T07:22:18Z), 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/USA371388024.
Essential Classics, Vol. 1018: The Chimes