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

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d76c0d35c517bac98730b44d753117f59a837825f1b2b5e4b77c701646918be8

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970415, mined 2026-10-08 01:04 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-08 00:37 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-d76c0d35c517.json prints d76c0d35c517bac98730b44d753117f59a837825f1b2b5e4b77c701646918be8. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-d76c0d35c517.json and headline-d76c0d35c517.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-d76c0d35c517.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.