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Proof: Protest against Standard Group ends in dispute over payments

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-02T21:13:02Z","headline":"Protest against Standard Group ends in dispute over payments","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"standardke","url":"https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001559275/protest-against-standard-group-ends-in-dispute-over-payments","v":1}

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a0a0cb2ccc7f0715eebca79524feb4a13378419085cc07fcdccd7dffe0660469

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969637, mined 2026-10-02 21:40 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-02 21:17 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-02 21:17 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-a0a0cb2ccc7f.json prints a0a0cb2ccc7f0715eebca79524feb4a13378419085cc07fcdccd7dffe0660469. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-a0a0cb2ccc7f.json and headline-a0a0cb2ccc7f.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-a0a0cb2ccc7f.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.