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Proof: Foreign student couldn't get a job after graduating, so turned to importing cocaine

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T05:32:46Z","headline":"Foreign student couldn't get a job after graduating, so turned to importing cocaine","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"nzherald","url":"https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nepalese-student-anurag-maskey-turned-to-importing-cocaine-when-he-couldnt-get-an-it-job-on-graduating/R43K5HVILNHZ7BTWLJZJZCTZZY/","v":1}

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SHA-256

62243d0a07d9f8288fe9559a5905ff9e70d870ddbd727d4a043576a994df43c3

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969682, mined 2026-10-03 05:44 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-03 05:37 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-03 05:37 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-62243d0a07d9.json prints 62243d0a07d9f8288fe9559a5905ff9e70d870ddbd727d4a043576a994df43c3. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-62243d0a07d9.json and headline-62243d0a07d9.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-62243d0a07d9.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.