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Proof: U.S. military prepares new Iran war options ahead of midterm elections

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-08T01:02:25Z","headline":"U.S. military prepares new Iran war options ahead of midterm elections","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"nbcnews","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/us-military-prepares-new-iran-war-options-ahead-midterm-elections-rcna601725","v":1}

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SHA-256

0a162eace5b5b53730c5afa7f468cdb782b36488a44f06f58d0d1751467a5613

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970417, mined 2026-10-08 01:32 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-08 01:07 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-08 01:08 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-0a162eace5b5.json prints 0a162eace5b5b53730c5afa7f468cdb782b36488a44f06f58d0d1751467a5613. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-0a162eace5b5.json and headline-0a162eace5b5.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-0a162eace5b5.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, 5 min after it was first seen.