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Proof: Protests will continue until CEC Gyanesh Kumar resigns, says Rahul Gandhi

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c980dce335858f22e998ef5ad50a32b3bb707eaeaf6e3d3d2d7f0a4e9262bfea

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-c980dce33585.json prints c980dce335858f22e998ef5ad50a32b3bb707eaeaf6e3d3d2d7f0a4e9262bfea. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-c980dce33585.json and headline-c980dce33585.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-c980dce33585.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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