Simon Andrew Cole (born 20 February 1958) is Chief Executive of UBC Media Group. He co-founded the Unique Broadcasting Company in 1989, which floated on the London Stock Exchange in July 2000 as part
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 0xc4d33e57dce3105301dc296c9a48e370fecae4e51b1ba0a4126634d9a005a869. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 953648 (2026-06-14T15:20:52Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/46d169d9-796b-4ec9-b1f0-290a67e3f271.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/46d169d9-796b-4ec9-b1f0-290a67e3f271.ots, run `ots verify -f record.json proof.ots` (https://opentimestamps.org).
1. Confirm isrcCode identifies the recording in the pre-2022 source corpus and cc-db-prod record 2. GET OTSVerificationAPI → server-side canonical-record, hash, and attestation checks must pass 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. Confirm CopyrightID is the CopyrightChains transaction hash 5. If all match: the cc-db-prod record is independently anchored on Bitcoin at OTSTimestamp
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xdfee5d5b644a7680f7b8e8f43d78ae7ad16bb2ae84f27e09e27c90b63f61e129. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958561 (2026-07-18T14:22:01Z), registered by our registry partner. The server verifies the private canonical record against OTSHash without exposing internal provider keys. Confirm the public ISRC, CopyrightID, and Bitcoin evidence via https://artists.proofprofile.net/api/v1/bot/ots/verify/track/ITDJM2100009.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xbaf754667f42307cf260e442d221860c13c748232f2a16307a49a9adc94d1a9d. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 956889 (2026-07-06T06:56:49Z), registered by our registry partner. The server verifies the private canonical record against OTSHash without exposing internal provider keys. Confirm the public ISRC, CopyrightID, and Bitcoin evidence via https://artists.proofprofile.net/api/v1/bot/ots/verify/track/ITDJM2100008.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x1bac387a6ce1abef424a12f70e0d89065f682c4ee886bdda8bf86a0f2c351583. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 956725 (2026-07-05T01:12:41Z), registered by our registry partner. The server verifies the private canonical record against OTSHash without exposing internal provider keys. Confirm the public ISRC, CopyrightID, and Bitcoin evidence via https://artists.proofprofile.net/api/v1/bot/ots/verify/track/ITDJM2100020.
CHAPTER II: Lies Sound Better In The Dark
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0xc1109cd37641c90bc31f893987474ac7e0e79f83175f7a0a4034b19a5017d969. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 956560 (2026-07-03T23:28:02Z), registered by our registry partner. The server verifies the private canonical record against OTSHash without exposing internal provider keys. Confirm the public ISRC, CopyrightID, and Bitcoin evidence via https://artists.proofprofile.net/api/v1/bot/ots/verify/track/ITDJM2100036.