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Proof: Dangote and Musk: Africa needs both industrialists and tech innovators

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804a1e489346d32aaeae37e76cd4b7e454b5ee57d86ff81774e4d7b4bfc5bf5f

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969477, mined 2026-10-01 18:35 UTC.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-804a1e489346.json prints 804a1e489346d32aaeae37e76cd4b7e454b5ee57d86ff81774e4d7b4bfc5bf5f. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-804a1e489346.json and headline-804a1e489346.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-804a1e489346.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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