← the record

Proof: Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-06T21:40:16Z","headline":"Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/06/christa-pike-execution-awake","v":1}

Download headline-2ee0d3057902.json

SHA-256

2ee0d3057902e54942435f3ec664e0570ea60517ba113b8004bcadc3f5b89ae0

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970241, mined 2026-10-06 22:02 UTC.

Download headline-2ee0d3057902.json.ots

Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-06 21:42 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-06 21:43 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-2ee0d3057902.json prints 2ee0d3057902e54942435f3ec664e0570ea60517ba113b8004bcadc3f5b89ae0. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-2ee0d3057902.json and headline-2ee0d3057902.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-2ee0d3057902.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, 2 min after it was first seen.