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Proof: French Senate elections: Far right can form group for first time, right conserves majority

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c54af23e0dc37cdf5806c40c24a9c995e74af79ce7a0ceb6b9240dd1d44f87e3

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 968971, mined 2026-09-28 09:19 UTC.

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• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-28 08:09 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-c54af23e0dc3.json prints c54af23e0dc37cdf5806c40c24a9c995e74af79ce7a0ceb6b9240dd1d44f87e3. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-c54af23e0dc3.json and headline-c54af23e0dc3.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-c54af23e0dc3.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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