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Proof: Iran threatens ‘more lethal’ response to US

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-02T17:51:34Z","headline":"Iran threatens ‘more lethal’ response to US","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"gulfnews","url":"https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/strait-of-hormuz-standoff-us-boosts-forces-amid-iran-war-saudi-arabia-intercepts-houthi-missile-1.500695607","v":1}

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SHA-256

4d4618391b868ad9bb749a45a5781bf83fa6223243aaf358c6ce6c5ffed1859e

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969621, mined 2026-10-02 18:15 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-02 17:52 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-02 13:54 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-4d4618391b86.json prints 4d4618391b868ad9bb749a45a5781bf83fa6223243aaf358c6ce6c5ffed1859e. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-4d4618391b86.json and headline-4d4618391b86.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-4d4618391b86.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.