Proof: NZ man dies during Hong Kong open-water race

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T03:20:14Z","headline":"NZ man dies during Hong Kong open-water race","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"nzherald","url":"https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-zealand-man-dies-in-suspected-drowning-at-hong-kong-swim-race/3G4UVI2FWVF2VH6JJJBNSCJPIU/","v":1}

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SHA-256: 8e37053bf9ceb31db199765c725f133a0f292995ec589750a1b1dd0ac1e8c043

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969668, mined 2026-10-03 03:49 UTC.

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The record pageCaptured 2026-10-03 03:22 UTC — view the capture.
The story pageCaptured 2026-10-03 03:23 UTC — view the capture.

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Hash the record: sha256sum headline-8e37053bf9ce.json prints 8e37053bf9ceb31db199765c725f133a0f292995ec589750a1b1dd0ac1e8c043. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
Drop headline-8e37053bf9ce.json and headline-8e37053bf9ce.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-8e37053bf9ce.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
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.