William James Te Wehi Taitoko (17 January 1948 – 7 August 1991), better known by his stage name Billy T. James, was a New Zealand entertainer, comedian, musician and actor. He became a key figure in
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 0x79dd6311ae10ce1bef655b68b656563f3138b8c7cea05a5cdf62d5d979e37d91. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 954784 (2026-06-22T02:53:59Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/ea7f3cf3-3ce8-48be-9d5b-c9d54080f4f4.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/ea7f3cf3-3ce8-48be-9d5b-c9d54080f4f4.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).
The Entertainer (The Best of Billy T. James)
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 0xf8dcec2e81142002cc1d005930789e048e378280c047efb4fc383fbeab162a27. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 959087 (2026-07-22T02:05:55Z), 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/NZEM09100003.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x26c8c0d9a49a4a8fb98b7a7e750029d40c8b16c87ffdf63fc810f8c2e2b31e84. 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/NZEM09100013.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x33802bc6b4a0251160b12dcf8ccaed5b5cca13bfbc10ea11101fb6b7dda6f0af. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 959087 (2026-07-22T02:05:55Z), 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/NZEM09100015.
Gypsy Girl (A Musical Story as Told by Billy T. James)
The Comic Genius of Billy T James: Deluxe Edition