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Proof: Body found in search for missing Christchurch father Braydon Hepworth

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-08T01:11:10Z","headline":"Body found in search for missing Christchurch father Braydon Hepworth","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"nzherald","url":"https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/braydon-hepworth-investigation-missing-christchurch-father-no-longer-alive/UGBZUO3J2JBUTO2BLBS737NFNA/","v":1}

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5bb7c665bfb871d34481ecda2fb3e68b1daeda4acbca2284e1c910eb7a0ea7e9

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970417, mined 2026-10-08 01:32 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-08 01:12 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-07 21:47 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-5bb7c665bfb8.json prints 5bb7c665bfb871d34481ecda2fb3e68b1daeda4acbca2284e1c910eb7a0ea7e9. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-5bb7c665bfb8.json and headline-5bb7c665bfb8.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-5bb7c665bfb8.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, 1 min after it was first seen.