Alvin Samples Jr. (August 10, 1926 – November 13, 1983), better known as Junior Samples, was an American comedian best known for his 14-year run as a cast member of the television show Hee Haw. Early
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 0x4b4fffcf95ca9bf4e7d37e81ac48fa4609faecf30ebab62aa3c418fb99d076b6. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 954659 (2026-06-21T06:14:42Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/dcdadd74-52f2-448b-9845-9a54307f4aa6.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/dcdadd74-52f2-448b-9845-9a54307f4aa6.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).