An alligator, or colloquially gator, is a large reptile in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae in the order Crocodilia. The two extant species are the American alligator (A. mississippiens
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 0x1b133b4c952e56b895ca31a7b85e78e2fc216a9944c751fae437f4f41890b56b. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953704 (2026-06-14T22:58:38Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/7a4ebff2-713f-4727-a071-bcf0998cfc25.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/7a4ebff2-713f-4727-a071-bcf0998cfc25.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).