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Proof: Passerby breaks window, rescues man from burning house

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-02T22:10:10Z","headline":"Passerby breaks window, rescues man from burning house","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"nzherald","url":"https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/gisborne-house-fire-passerby-pulls-elderly-man-from-burning-home/CEQZ23M5RBGQZCGTKHMQMAWCXA/","v":1}

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SHA-256

d4f0eedafcf8772a9a02a0d1b84dccbb558af3f56961a2d23901d466a9c75e13

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969641, mined 2026-10-02 22:19 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-02 22:12 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-02 22:07 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-d4f0eedafcf8.json prints d4f0eedafcf8772a9a02a0d1b84dccbb558af3f56961a2d23901d466a9c75e13. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-d4f0eedafcf8.json and headline-d4f0eedafcf8.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-d4f0eedafcf8.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, 2 min after it was first seen.