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Proof: Scandal-scarred televangelist Jim Bakker dead at 86: ‘Finished his race with faith’

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-06T04:22:51Z","headline":"Scandal-scarred televangelist Jim Bakker dead at 86: ‘Finished his race with faith’","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"nypost","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/06/us-news/scandal-scarred-televangelist-jim-bakker-dead-at-86/","v":1}

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SHA-256

fc717933ea59eaac315d1dca1fc6e53c382388f69b6deb2c4773e6b5ffecd732

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970135, mined 2026-10-06 05:28 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-06 04:28 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-06 04:28 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-fc717933ea59.json prints fc717933ea59eaac315d1dca1fc6e53c382388f69b6deb2c4773e6b5ffecd732. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-fc717933ea59.json and headline-fc717933ea59.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-fc717933ea59.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, 4 min after it was first seen.