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Proof: Luxon and Hipkins face off in heavyweight debate

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3e0045899e945d74294db0249f6db35aa53bcc87682794417fea038d6b479c46

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970142, mined 2026-10-06 06:20 UTC.

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

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-3e0045899e94.json prints 3e0045899e945d74294db0249f6db35aa53bcc87682794417fea038d6b479c46. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-3e0045899e94.json and headline-3e0045899e94.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-3e0045899e94.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.

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