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Proof: P-plater in horror crash previously lost his licence

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T22:20:54Z","headline":"P-plater in horror crash previously lost his licence","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"smh","url":"https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/p-plater-in-horror-newcastle-knights-car-crash-previously-lost-his-licence-20261004-p612mb.html","v":1}

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fe45aa0deea91e06ee2dcb096892a80302bbb3a41f48aaf3657eab11cef4d166

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969771, mined 2026-10-03 22:38 UTC.

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-fe45aa0deea9.json prints fe45aa0deea91e06ee2dcb096892a80302bbb3a41f48aaf3657eab11cef4d166. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
  2. Drop headline-fe45aa0deea9.json and headline-fe45aa0deea9.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-fe45aa0deea9.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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