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Proof: Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a gift to Putin

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-10T00:22:33Z","headline":"Trump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a gift to Putin","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"bbc","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm1dwgr666wno","v":1}

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315254b5d797140ebf16f407f5ced55c2d96d0304405cde5684d23fdd4cb9136

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970699, mined 2026-10-10 00:51 UTC.

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-315254b5d797.json prints 315254b5d797140ebf16f407f5ced55c2d96d0304405cde5684d23fdd4cb9136. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
  2. Drop headline-315254b5d797.json and headline-315254b5d797.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-315254b5d797.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.

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