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Proof: As Messi bows out, Argentines say 'thank you'

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-06T21:32:25Z","headline":"As Messi bows out, Argentines say 'thank you'","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"batimes","url":"https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/sports/as-messi-bows-out-argentines-say-thank-you.phtml","v":1}

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SHA-256

7f42c021e4724e4edf1304647d3a93215b19fc25ba21e7b8ea0647039540d7bd

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970239, mined 2026-10-06 21:55 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-06 21:37 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-06 21:39 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-7f42c021e472.json prints 7f42c021e4724e4edf1304647d3a93215b19fc25ba21e7b8ea0647039540d7bd. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-7f42c021e472.json and headline-7f42c021e472.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-7f42c021e472.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.