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Proof: Driver arrested after car hits grand final gathering, injuring nine

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T02:42:16Z","headline":"Driver arrested after car hits grand final gathering, injuring nine","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"abcau","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-03/newcastle-crash-wallsend-knights/107224796","v":1}

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f249d8477f1b13dc68e63205d8db685b49698274c3e9a2cbd131ddd4f4713d1f

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969664, mined 2026-10-03 03:10 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-03 02:48 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-03 01:57 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-f249d8477f1b.json prints f249d8477f1b13dc68e63205d8db685b49698274c3e9a2cbd131ddd4f4713d1f. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-f249d8477f1b.json and headline-f249d8477f1b.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-f249d8477f1b.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 5 min after it was first seen.