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Proof: Ernst Roets’ Washington cross spectacle struggles for US attention

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-28T20:52:58Z","headline":"Ernst Roets’ Washington cross spectacle struggles for US attention","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"dailymaverick","url":"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-28-ernst-roets-washington-cross-spectacle-struggles-for-us-attention/","v":1}

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1d99e2f5f8047d09c3c8453c02d7609ab6e6301f29356e026a41c823c9d921db

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969054, mined 2026-09-28 22:10 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-28 21:12 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-28 20:57 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-1d99e2f5f804.json prints 1d99e2f5f8047d09c3c8453c02d7609ab6e6301f29356e026a41c823c9d921db. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-1d99e2f5f804.json and headline-1d99e2f5f804.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-1d99e2f5f804.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, 4 min after it was first seen.