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Proof: ‘Blessing in disguise’: Malaysia's Transport Minister Loke sees silver lining despite setbacks for his DAP

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3df3d3889644b155283847e4093892c8aecfb2390c61b16229d60471c640a0d0

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969774, mined 2026-10-03 23:13 UTC.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-3df3d3889644.json prints 3df3d3889644b155283847e4093892c8aecfb2390c61b16229d60471c640a0d0. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-3df3d3889644.json and headline-3df3d3889644.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-3df3d3889644.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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