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Proof: Live: National's path to power narrows in new poll ahead of first leaders' debate

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e721e24aeff4bee36f77c65f472c2879531951cb7512f2d71f0226aecefab09e

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-e721e24aeff4.json prints e721e24aeff4bee36f77c65f472c2879531951cb7512f2d71f0226aecefab09e. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-e721e24aeff4.json and headline-e721e24aeff4.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-e721e24aeff4.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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