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Proof: Hurricane Isaias threatens Gulf Coast with rain, flooding. See its path.

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-08T17:21:26Z","headline":"Hurricane Isaias threatens Gulf Coast with rain, flooding. See its path.","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"cbsnews","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-isaias-first-storm-2026-atlantic-season-record/","v":1}

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SHA-256

84255e0b0978d255abb8f1c09a9498ebb96c659be2f518b814e1aafd287d616b

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970517, mined 2026-10-08 18:13 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-08 17:24 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-08 17:26 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-84255e0b0978.json prints 84255e0b0978d255abb8f1c09a9498ebb96c659be2f518b814e1aafd287d616b. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-84255e0b0978.json and headline-84255e0b0978.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-84255e0b0978.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, 1 min after it was first seen.