A melee ( or ) is hand-to-hand fighting among several people. The English term melee originated circa 1648 from the French word (), derived from the Old French mesler, from which medley and meddle we
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 0x4e5d9ab74acca7105fcd3e36ce75718fcb47c4bf2c9a69f49e23a702ef38f3e6. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 954342 (2026-06-19T03:22:39Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/8b37f4bb-91de-486d-a0c8-6f0466054c2c.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/8b37f4bb-91de-486d-a0c8-6f0466054c2c.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).