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Proof: Latvia votes in parliamentary election amid rising costs

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T06:11:27Z","headline":"Latvia votes in parliamentary election amid rising costs","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"dw","url":"https://www.dw.com/en/latvia-votes-in-parliamentary-election-amid-rising-costs/a-79527253","v":1}

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1bb9727bea03a872882d5ce253cf32e0e679a8c546e1a5be1c840e3b807dd111

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969694, mined 2026-10-03 07:14 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-03 06:13 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-03 06:12 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-1bb9727bea03.json prints 1bb9727bea03a872882d5ce253cf32e0e679a8c546e1a5be1c840e3b807dd111. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-1bb9727bea03.json and headline-1bb9727bea03.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-1bb9727bea03.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.