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Proof: India vs Pakistan: Ind win toss, opt to bat first vs Pak in gold medal clash

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T04:51:36Z","headline":"India vs Pakistan: Ind win toss, opt to bat first vs Pak in gold medal clash","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"timesofindia","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/india-vs-pakistan-live-score-ind-vs-pak-asian-games-2026-cricket-final-gold-medal-playing-xi-toss-scorecard/liveblog/134650734.cms","v":1}

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SHA-256

2444b3069b686c13956d8d60d5e24f3986d798ecec1f96b095cd02eb9cef8400

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969679, mined 2026-10-03 05:03 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-03 04:52 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-03 04:53 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-2444b3069b68.json prints 2444b3069b686c13956d8d60d5e24f3986d798ecec1f96b095cd02eb9cef8400. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-2444b3069b68.json and headline-2444b3069b68.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-2444b3069b68.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.