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Proof: El-Sayed and Rogers square off in high-stakes midterm debate: Updates

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be35a00eb07416bcca0829b61d1c72e33681e3a9937325d7625759eb1cbaaa58

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970546, mined 2026-10-08 23:46 UTC.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-be35a00eb074.json prints be35a00eb07416bcca0829b61d1c72e33681e3a9937325d7625759eb1cbaaa58. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-be35a00eb074.json and headline-be35a00eb074.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-be35a00eb074.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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