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Proof: Japan book wholesaler admits selling books to Anthropic: industry source

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-07T03:02:48Z","headline":"Japan book wholesaler admits selling books to Anthropic: industry source","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"kyodo","url":"https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/87406","v":1}

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SHA-256

85e333bf9ef9eeb19c6fe2c75674ba878548b307f4b6d675b4d513a4cacf0608

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970282, mined 2026-10-07 03:35 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-07 04:24 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-07 04:27 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-85e333bf9ef9.json prints 85e333bf9ef9eeb19c6fe2c75674ba878548b307f4b6d675b4d513a4cacf0608. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-85e333bf9ef9.json and headline-85e333bf9ef9.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-85e333bf9ef9.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.