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Proof: Thousands pack SCG to give hero’s welcome to the Roosters; coach parties through the night

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-05T00:02:52Z","headline":"Thousands pack SCG to give hero’s welcome to the Roosters; coach parties through the night","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"smh","url":"https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-grand-final-celebrations-live-updates-roosters-celebrate-nrl-and-nrlw-premierships-20261005-p612rw.html","v":1}

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SHA-256

8cdeae78b826f43bffc8d98b67ce9e222e289e1e0074908e68db1e8cd9015ef0

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969925, mined 2026-10-05 00:31 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-05 00:07 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageThe Wayback Machine could not capture the story page: error:no-request.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-8cdeae78b826.json prints 8cdeae78b826f43bffc8d98b67ce9e222e289e1e0074908e68db1e8cd9015ef0. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-8cdeae78b826.json and headline-8cdeae78b826.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-8cdeae78b826.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, 4 min after it was first seen.