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Proof: Oil tankers attacked in Hormuz strait: UKMTO

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T02:32:53Z","headline":"Oil tankers attacked in Hormuz strait: UKMTO","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"gulfnews","url":"https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/oil-tankers-attacked-in-hormuz-strait-uk-maritime-agency-1.500696517","v":1}

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SHA-256

6268f0da9138f97ba5b2db5157bb51da5a4ec50dbed9b2697950a6622409fbcf

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969662, mined 2026-10-03 02:39 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-03 02:37 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-03 02:39 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-6268f0da9138.json prints 6268f0da9138f97ba5b2db5157bb51da5a4ec50dbed9b2697950a6622409fbcf. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-6268f0da9138.json and headline-6268f0da9138.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-6268f0da9138.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, 4 min after it was first seen.