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Proof: China taps oil reserves 6,000 metres deep as global energy turmoil persists

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-06T04:10:32Z","headline":"China taps oil reserves 6,000 metres deep as global energy turmoil persists","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"scmp","url":"https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3369859/china-taps-ultra-deep-oil-reserves-6000-metres-deep-global-energy-turmoil-continues?module=top_story&pgtype=homepage","v":1}

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55c3dac67760bc77e635676df57cfcb60abb96f6460f96a935791bbfea2ed6c2

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970135, mined 2026-10-06 05:28 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-06 04:17 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-06 04:18 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-55c3dac67760.json prints 55c3dac67760bc77e635676df57cfcb60abb96f6460f96a935791bbfea2ed6c2. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-55c3dac67760.json and headline-55c3dac67760.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-55c3dac67760.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.