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Proof: Budget puts public finances on a 'worse trajectory'

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-06T22:00:28Z","headline":"Budget puts public finances on a 'worse trajectory'","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"rte","url":"https://www.rte.ie/news/budget-2027/2026/1006/1594133-budget-2027/","v":1}

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SHA-256

708ae2c79864882b8fcf738af3280fe7037bf66f0a2d9b14cd1ef9d2a9dc4fd9

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970243, mined 2026-10-06 22:07 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-06 22:02 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-06 22:04 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-708ae2c79864.json prints 708ae2c79864882b8fcf738af3280fe7037bf66f0a2d9b14cd1ef9d2a9dc4fd9. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-708ae2c79864.json and headline-708ae2c79864.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-708ae2c79864.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, 2 min after it was first seen.