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Proof: Brazil election: Polls show Lula and Bolsonaro neck and neck

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-04T01:30:58Z","headline":"Brazil election: Polls show Lula and Bolsonaro neck and neck","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"dw","url":"https://www.dw.com/en/brazils-2026-presidential-election-is-kicking-off-with-polls-showing-lula-and-bolsonaro-nearly-tied/a-79533857","v":1}

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20190518031868d8e060909b1c2c7a76d7915847da2e179b87f60673d49f78f4

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969787, mined 2026-10-04 02:17 UTC.

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• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-04 01:31 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-201905180318.json prints 20190518031868d8e060909b1c2c7a76d7915847da2e179b87f60673d49f78f4. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-201905180318.json and headline-201905180318.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-201905180318.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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