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Proof: Trump urged Xi to talk to Takaichi and lift export curbs on Japan, sources say

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73b010eb1c64cfc28ac99fde12625dbc29c9e15109a8abee242bc0be0c69da99

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970401, mined 2026-10-07 22:43 UTC.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-73b010eb1c64.json prints 73b010eb1c64cfc28ac99fde12625dbc29c9e15109a8abee242bc0be0c69da99. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-73b010eb1c64.json and headline-73b010eb1c64.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-73b010eb1c64.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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