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Proof: ANALYSIS: Africa should prepare for a new Arctic shipping era

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-02T18:13:03Z","headline":"ANALYSIS: Africa should prepare for a new Arctic shipping era","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"premiumtimes","url":"https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/914067-analysis-africa-should-prepare-for-a-new-arctic-shipping-era.html","v":1}

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77bb0506a1916ba9b73e89b41d02fe7ee9b4ae56a177e7444157ca17b8c9fbea

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969627, mined 2026-10-02 19:37 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-02 18:18 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-02 18:18 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-77bb0506a191.json prints 77bb0506a1916ba9b73e89b41d02fe7ee9b4ae56a177e7444157ca17b8c9fbea. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-77bb0506a191.json and headline-77bb0506a191.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-77bb0506a191.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.