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Proof: Friend of missing Queenstown woman remaining optimistic

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-06T00:32:27Z","headline":"Friend of missing Queenstown woman remaining optimistic","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"rnz","url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/emergencies_local/1758230/friend-of-missing-queenstown-woman-erika-coelho-remaining-optimistic","v":1}

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31819d0122059600b6ad24d5ac7b79782f9ef40c2bd57a30820b002034a8f884

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970108, mined 2026-10-06 01:09 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-06 00:37 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-06 00:58 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-31819d012205.json prints 31819d0122059600b6ad24d5ac7b79782f9ef40c2bd57a30820b002034a8f884. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-31819d012205.json and headline-31819d012205.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-31819d012205.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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