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Proof: National proposes random testing for beneficiaries - but Act wants an even tougher line

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88e708fd1e1fe04982309a6ac2e025ce69fa634892247b528d32102383f84def

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970411, mined 2026-10-08 00:20 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-08 00:08 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-07 20:43 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-88e708fd1e1f.json prints 88e708fd1e1fe04982309a6ac2e025ce69fa634892247b528d32102383f84def. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-88e708fd1e1f.json and headline-88e708fd1e1f.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-88e708fd1e1f.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, 5 min after it was first seen.