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Proof: Siti Hasmah, wife of Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir, dies at 100

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-09-28T04:22:35Z","headline":"Siti Hasmah, wife of Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir, dies at 100","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"straitstimes","url":"https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/siti-hasmah-wife-of-malaysian-ex-pm-mahathir-dies-at-100?ref=top-stories","v":1}

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f749718d2a1d0b138a9fd91e235131eb276ec49df7be88ac83f3172c21e6607b

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 968939, mined 2026-09-28 04:35 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-28 04:28 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-28 04:28 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-f749718d2a1d.json prints f749718d2a1d0b138a9fd91e235131eb276ec49df7be88ac83f3172c21e6607b. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-f749718d2a1d.json and headline-f749718d2a1d.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-f749718d2a1d.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.