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Proof: Two tankers reportedly ‘explode’ in Strait of Hormuz

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f78fc962eedabd0e3263d7b549c651a51cc585f9fd7eb3bf48d564b96650e898

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969763, mined 2026-10-03 21:18 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-03 19:58 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-03 19:57 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-f78fc962eeda.json prints f78fc962eedabd0e3263d7b549c651a51cc585f9fd7eb3bf48d564b96650e898. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-f78fc962eeda.json and headline-f78fc962eeda.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-f78fc962eeda.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.