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Proof: How the separatist Parti Québécois took back power in Quebec

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-06T01:01:01Z","headline":"How the separatist Parti Québécois took back power in Quebec","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"nationalpost","url":"https://nationalpost.com/news/how-the-separatist-parti-quebecois-power-quebec-election-results","v":1}

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SHA-256

9c47cf1c30c3c4ae794b9fcdc59ba38ded23ece84a5e20d3dbdc6849ae0faa9c

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970108, mined 2026-10-06 01:09 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-06 01:03 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-06 01:04 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-9c47cf1c30c3.json prints 9c47cf1c30c3c4ae794b9fcdc59ba38ded23ece84a5e20d3dbdc6849ae0faa9c. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-9c47cf1c30c3.json and headline-9c47cf1c30c3.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-9c47cf1c30c3.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, 1 min after it was first seen.