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Proof: Powerful quake hits Panama, damages homes; canal operations normal

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-09T22:50:42Z","headline":"Powerful quake hits Panama, damages homes; canal operations normal","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"straitstimes","url":"https://www.straitstimes.com/world/7-6-magnitude-earthquake-felt-in-panama-usgs?ref=top-stories","v":1}

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SHA-256

7d87f4b509874078c86756be92986304c71b1358593a871263d96fe531935242

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970690, mined 2026-10-09 23:20 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-09 22:53 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-09 22:55 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-7d87f4b50987.json prints 7d87f4b509874078c86756be92986304c71b1358593a871263d96fe531935242. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-7d87f4b50987.json and headline-7d87f4b50987.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-7d87f4b50987.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.