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Proof: Tehran reports ‘explosions’ in Hormuz, Trump says no attack before midterms

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50d8d407f38537b768389c5ae2ef1800afdf7eefc9e1081568d6e8d44a6fede8

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970555, mined 2026-10-09 00:26 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-09 00:19 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-09 00:21 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-50d8d407f385.json prints 50d8d407f38537b768389c5ae2ef1800afdf7eefc9e1081568d6e8d44a6fede8. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-50d8d407f385.json and headline-50d8d407f385.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-50d8d407f385.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.