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Proof: Nor'easter weakens after deadly battering of Northeast

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-09-28T10:31:33Z","headline":"Nor'easter weakens after deadly battering of Northeast","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"abcnews","url":"https://abcnews.com/US/noreaster-weakens-after-deadly-battering-northeast/story?id=136816261","v":1}

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85d142e3a0bb44efaed890954fbf5a0e3a6effbeb396a183b03fbd9d8fb86f0e

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 968982, mined 2026-09-28 10:38 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-28 10:34 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-28 10:37 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-85d142e3a0bb.json prints 85d142e3a0bb44efaed890954fbf5a0e3a6effbeb396a183b03fbd9d8fb86f0e. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-85d142e3a0bb.json and headline-85d142e3a0bb.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-85d142e3a0bb.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, 1 min after it was first seen.