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Proof: City of Sydney councillor accuses Mick Mundine of sexual assault

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e02d389c13d12583cb2379b4cca8803fb46e28cae96d22534889183f08422474

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970563, mined 2026-10-09 01:27 UTC.

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-e02d389c13d1.json prints e02d389c13d12583cb2379b4cca8803fb46e28cae96d22534889183f08422474. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
  2. Drop headline-e02d389c13d1.json and headline-e02d389c13d1.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-e02d389c13d1.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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