Wiremu Te Kahika, better known as Billy Te Kahika or Billy TK Senior (born 1943), is a New Zealand Māori musician, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. Early work thumb|300px|right|Billy TK on st
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 0x8083f86c552beebba3e8b91a6d23aaca562b4610db73471e53ad695ebdab66c3. 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/8640feaf-7a90-4230-ad79-33618db16bcf.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/8640feaf-7a90-4230-ad79-33618db16bcf.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).