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Proof: 72 critical hours: Three days that will determine outbreak's course

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-07T03:11:00Z","headline":"72 critical hours: Three days that will determine outbreak's course","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"standardke","url":"https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001559553/72-critical-hours-three-days-that-will-determine-outbreaks-course","v":1}

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SHA-256

ef16584682fd38cdd143f0f551aea1b94297a0d6e1556ca1c99fbbde105a4341

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970282, mined 2026-10-07 03:35 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-07 04:34 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-07 04:35 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-ef16584682fd.json prints ef16584682fd38cdd143f0f551aea1b94297a0d6e1556ca1c99fbbde105a4341. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-ef16584682fd.json and headline-ef16584682fd.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-ef16584682fd.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, 1 min after it was first seen.