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Proof: Isaias downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane as it approaches landfall on the Gulf Coast

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-10T00:11:58Z","headline":"Isaias downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane as it approaches landfall on the Gulf Coast","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"nbcnews","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/hurricanes/live-blog/live-updates-hurricane-isaias-rcna602422","v":1}

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SHA-256

c4a9b7d2119c94f21b26152c5b57c62c9311f5ec65915b86a33498a6e4a7b331

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970698, mined 2026-10-10 00:44 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-10 00:12 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-09 21:48 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-c4a9b7d2119c.json prints c4a9b7d2119c94f21b26152c5b57c62c9311f5ec65915b86a33498a6e4a7b331. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-c4a9b7d2119c.json and headline-c4a9b7d2119c.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-c4a9b7d2119c.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.