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Proof: Amid the rubble of a Ukrainian apartment building, locals have one wish for Putin’s birthday

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86ed4116573fe340d3b740a1d7a9a68a712b92ddf5a79a4339fd897ab5371b92

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970387, mined 2026-10-07 20:32 UTC.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-86ed4116573f.json prints 86ed4116573fe340d3b740a1d7a9a68a712b92ddf5a79a4339fd897ab5371b92. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-86ed4116573f.json and headline-86ed4116573f.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-86ed4116573f.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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