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Proof: Live: Hipkins says Opportunity supporters 'giving their vote away'

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2bd8a987e37d37eb7548c40db1a45436e4bc9cfb32eef7aa5743709aafec753b

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970577, mined 2026-10-09 03:34 UTC.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-2bd8a987e37d.json prints 2bd8a987e37d37eb7548c40db1a45436e4bc9cfb32eef7aa5743709aafec753b. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-2bd8a987e37d.json and headline-2bd8a987e37d.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-2bd8a987e37d.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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