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Proof: IRGC claims ‘second catch’ of US underwater drone in Strait of Hormuz

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3eac7823c299439eac49caab065aff7516bea084239328ea1295ae6c98273544

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 968935, mined 2026-09-28 04:19 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-28 04:13 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-28 04:14 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-3eac7823c299.json prints 3eac7823c299439eac49caab065aff7516bea084239328ea1295ae6c98273544. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-3eac7823c299.json and headline-3eac7823c299.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-3eac7823c299.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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