Kauz is a German surname meaning screech owl. Notable people with the surname include: Herman Kauz (born 1928), American martial arts teacher Jürgen Kauz (born 1974), Austrian footballer See also KA
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 0x20ca70628c4eb18dcd407628d37defe183c7ed5a0e90cdd4fc0af0f43b9f1438. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 954065 (2026-06-17T08:10:43Z). Bridge: the canonical record inside this Bitcoin proof contains the same CopyrightID. Verify: download https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/49bbae17-038c-43af-81b4-99047b59654f.json and https://artists.proofprofile.net/proofs/artist/49bbae17-038c-43af-81b4-99047b59654f.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 0x00b18a2fcf9288f2177fb2666b8cc7036e0f1b0071b1667ee414cf5b494b126c. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958897 (2026-07-20T14:57:46Z), 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/DEZN82368264.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x79beefd3da32398d549f33d828ceb45f45ad0648a4d1b2c869b7b6babba6c5cd. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958931 (2026-07-20T21:15:01Z), 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/DEZN82368265.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x00b18a2fcf9288f2177fb2666b8cc7036e0f1b0071b1667ee414cf5b494b126c. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958653 (2026-07-19T03:54:23Z), 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/DEZN82368264.
Dual-chain trust anchor. Chain 1 (CopyrightChains): CopyrightID 0x79beefd3da32398d549f33d828ceb45f45ad0648a4d1b2c869b7b6babba6c5cd. Chain 2 (Bitcoin): anchored in block 958650 (2026-07-19T03:36:41Z), 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/DEZN82368265.