Ant Banks (born Anthony Banks, May 16, 1969), is an American record producer and rapper from Oakland, California.[ allmusic ((( Ant Banks > Biography )))] Biography Anthony Banks was born in Oakland
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 0x70f1cfc70e49925c96a9cd40b674d9374dd3c2cae0c5ad2b399d1c952ecd096d. 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/70a39408-edd8-4676-8677-e949141ffe72.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/70a39408-edd8-4676-8677-e949141ffe72.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).