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Proof: USS Lincoln docks in San Diego Bay following scrutinized 322-day deployment

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-08T21:51:57Z","headline":"USS Lincoln docks in San Diego Bay following scrutinized 322-day deployment","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"nbcnews","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/uss-abraham-lincoln-deployment-ends-aircraft-carrier-returns-san-diego-rcna602345","v":1}

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SHA-256

b4173a6f80f1a2bdac523cef04f8d864bb0f6774648be16d6d04bb6f0109d47e

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970540, mined 2026-10-08 22:05 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-08 21:52 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-08 21:53 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-b4173a6f80f1.json prints b4173a6f80f1a2bdac523cef04f8d864bb0f6774648be16d6d04bb6f0109d47e. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-b4173a6f80f1.json and headline-b4173a6f80f1.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-b4173a6f80f1.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.