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Proof: Government plans cuts to childcare costs in Budget talks

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-04T20:41:07Z","headline":"Government plans cuts to childcare costs in Budget talks","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"rte","url":"https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2026/1004/1593917-budget-talks-government/","v":1}

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SHA-256

7ffbb16c868cb3611f987c33cacb41fefd95030fedd4ccbe0f6d0de4f91ea05d

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969899, mined 2026-10-04 20:59 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-04 20:42 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-04 19:22 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-7ffbb16c868c.json prints 7ffbb16c868cb3611f987c33cacb41fefd95030fedd4ccbe0f6d0de4f91ea05d. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-7ffbb16c868c.json and headline-7ffbb16c868c.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-7ffbb16c868c.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, 1 min after it was first seen.