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Proof: Rising fuel prices strain budgets and challenge governments across Europe: 'Everything in our daily lives has become more expensive'

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d9eebfc42249d58973728ce3b8c88f7e1b2f5d0e9a2e55a896d1b2ad9925c781

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969474, mined 2026-10-01 18:08 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-01 16:29 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-01 16:29 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-d9eebfc42249.json prints d9eebfc42249d58973728ce3b8c88f7e1b2f5d0e9a2e55a896d1b2ad9925c781. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-d9eebfc42249.json and headline-d9eebfc42249.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-d9eebfc42249.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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