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Proof: 'The hard way': US remains 'hell-bent' to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, says Hegseth

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a2fc59ecb545cb407250fc8392108f6c80fd01f299260939158c2356f8e1b829

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969771, mined 2026-10-03 22:38 UTC.

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• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-03 22:04 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-a2fc59ecb545.json prints a2fc59ecb545cb407250fc8392108f6c80fd01f299260939158c2356f8e1b829. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-a2fc59ecb545.json and headline-a2fc59ecb545.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-a2fc59ecb545.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.

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