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Proof: 20 kidnapped corps members rescued after 7 days in captivity

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-07T18:00:21Z","headline":"20 kidnapped corps members rescued after 7 days in captivity","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"businessday","url":"https://businessday.ng/uncategorized/article/20-kidnapped-corps-members-rescued-after-7-days-in-captivity/","v":1}

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a6f6763e181fc61fc682c1927af9f80a417653d17ff18e8d5c679d61193eab9d

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970376, mined 2026-10-07 18:27 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-07 18:03 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-07 18:03 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-a6f6763e181f.json prints a6f6763e181fc61fc682c1927af9f80a417653d17ff18e8d5c679d61193eab9d. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-a6f6763e181f.json and headline-a6f6763e181f.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-a6f6763e181f.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, 2 min after it was first seen.