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Proof: Hamzat vows to eliminate unauthorised levies, ease business costs in Lagos

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5b8f8621a93ec50bb1bb5719d3b01131053e2ddce90162f54fbaec85d5c43a5a

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-5b8f8621a93e.json prints 5b8f8621a93ec50bb1bb5719d3b01131053e2ddce90162f54fbaec85d5c43a5a. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-5b8f8621a93e.json and headline-5b8f8621a93e.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-5b8f8621a93e.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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