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Proof: RTÉ DG shocked and dismayed over €20m funding cut

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-07T23:32:07Z","headline":"RTÉ DG shocked and dismayed over €20m funding cut","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"rte","url":"https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/1007/1594440-rte-funding/","v":1}

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SHA-256

54ab25bc11b30a1425a4801329bf9aa41d7bf79981f327db87a5aaf5c1e0f3ec

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970409, mined 2026-10-07 23:52 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-07 23:39 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-07 19:53 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-54ab25bc11b3.json prints 54ab25bc11b30a1425a4801329bf9aa41d7bf79981f327db87a5aaf5c1e0f3ec. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-54ab25bc11b3.json and headline-54ab25bc11b3.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-54ab25bc11b3.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, 5 min after it was first seen.