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Proof: ‘Significant corruption’: US sanctions Chinese businessman over alleged ‘bribes’ in Fiji

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be83dc85087368c685ec43d6b239067c7b3958b3fa53227dcb094bf99520b0fa

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970415, mined 2026-10-08 01:04 UTC.

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-be83dc850873.json prints be83dc85087368c685ec43d6b239067c7b3958b3fa53227dcb094bf99520b0fa. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
  2. Drop headline-be83dc850873.json and headline-be83dc850873.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-be83dc850873.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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