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Proof: Polls close in Quebec election

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-06T00:12:22Z","headline":"Polls close in Quebec election","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"globeandmail","url":"https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-quebec-provincial-general-election/","v":1}

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SHA-256

9fd2ba571a2f635d66b6ba1c1885c29998b12ae8b5a7a05e79268447865457ba

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970104, mined 2026-10-06 00:30 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-06 00:19 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-06 00:19 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-9fd2ba571a2f.json prints 9fd2ba571a2f635d66b6ba1c1885c29998b12ae8b5a7a05e79268447865457ba. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-9fd2ba571a2f.json and headline-9fd2ba571a2f.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-9fd2ba571a2f.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, 5 min after it was first seen.