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A Taste of Little Italy in the Bronx

@NYCUnlocked · 29 Sept 2026

Stamp ID
STAMP-2026-0929-UEHLF5DG
Content hash
d7300458f369744ca9cf6576408be3254bd2b2ef18bee3c65bd8a6d8e4e2b532
Day recorded
2026-09-30
Articles recorded that day
14
Attestation UID
0xa1006c6226d4a015bffa7fddabd4db5db8582a79a901a0ea1835c5a72e3fd109
View on EAS
Transaction
0xa625137b61bde7a2c0cfe8bf2d04a487d36f731ff5eb385b52213075de54c776
View on Basescan
Stamped
30 Sept 2026

Recorded on Base using canonicalization v2 and record format v1.

How this article reaches the blockchain

It was combined with the other 13 articles published that day, one step at a time, until the whole day became a single value. That one value is what Vitahash wrote to the blockchain. Change a single character of this article and the starting value below changes, so none of the steps would land on the recorded one.

Starting value for this article
0xe048e98f925ba90a28810955e4068871bc2cfeb21e98583cae2b863064acadfc

Built from this article's content hash and its stamp ID, as sha256(0x00 || sha256(utf8(stampId)) || contentHash).

  1. Step 1, combined with the value after it
    0xa36c5d285e1751957aff7e2a12a386c80397c3e7d6f4e833d6bd184c64aa6f70
    0xe09e7076c1cb96f13ff8a7bcd929de4a6396507ab49d9b7eb2baa651d2bf8e9d
  2. Step 2, combined with the value before it
    0x854ae0c9f7246228f1df8bac0f6f65be1d71199ca1d8645626165e4d80bf3fd7
    0x4fe02f7977232dbcf5a45ffe5c2d0ee99f5e945cb5fc8276bb721997e450f1e7
  3. Step 3, combined with the value after it
    0xf2dcf93d374978eeaf4ef318381eedf656bae6a403edbc1a808fac59a7a3d1d7
    0x9839c50d956d1a2897706be0b518a912ccfac8b30716781f1f871dc7e09c56de
  4. Step 4, combined with the value before it
    0xe9d1e5b1a20836830147c446ad7b2863ad4431cf39e511931b7447e7884c4ab9
    0x0d95ceb7226728aae5f30a457ee7fd860f8b780b977cbc834793b2d2e1fa22b4

    This is the value for the whole day.

Value these steps arrive at
0x0d95ceb7226728aae5f30a457ee7fd860f8b780b977cbc834793b2d2e1fa22b4

What the blockchain says

Two values, reached two different ways. The one above was worked out from this article. The one below was read back from the record on Base.

Worked out from this article
0x0d95ceb7226728aae5f30a457ee7fd860f8b780b977cbc834793b2d2e1fa22b4
Read from Base
0x0d95ceb7226728aae5f30a457ee7fd860f8b780b977cbc834793b2d2e1fa22b4
Read it yourself on EAS

They are the same value, so this article was published that day with exactly the text above.

Check it yourself

Every number on this page came from Vitahash. Copy the article's exact text below and check it against the hash above, using any SHA-256 tool.

{"abstract":null,"agreement":false,"authors":[{"identity":"NYCUnlocked","position":1,"role":"solo","weight":1.0000}],"body":{"content":[{"content":[{"text":"If you’re visiting the Bronx, make time for Arthur Avenue in Little Italy! From old…

Copy this text, paste it into any SHA-256 tool, and compare the result with the hash shown above. If the two match, this is exactly what Vitahash recorded.

For a technical reader: the terminal route

  1. 1. Hash the article yourself

    This downloads the exact text Vitahash hashed, in the exact form it hashed it, and hashes it again on your machine. Nothing Vitahash wrote runs here.

    curl -s "https://api.vitahash.org/api/verify/STAMP-2026-0929-UEHLF5DG/canonical" | shasum -a 256

    Should print d7300458f369744ca9cf6576408be3254bd2b2ef18bee3c65bd8a6d8e4e2b532

  2. 2. Build this article's starting value

    The stamp ID is folded in with the hash, so one article's record can never stand in for another's.

    STAMP=STAMP-2026-0929-UEHLF5DG CONTENT=d7300458f369744ca9cf6576408be3254bd2b2ef18bee3c65bd8a6d8e4e2b532 DIGEST=$(printf '%s' "$STAMP" | shasum -a 256 | cut -d' ' -f1) printf '00%s%s' "$DIGEST" "$CONTENT" | xxd -r -p | shasum -a 256

    Should print e048e98f925ba90a28810955e4068871bc2cfeb21e98583cae2b863064acadfc

  3. 3. Combine step 1

    The value you have goes first, then the published value.

    printf '01%s%s' "e048e98f925ba90a28810955e4068871bc2cfeb21e98583cae2b863064acadfc" "a36c5d285e1751957aff7e2a12a386c80397c3e7d6f4e833d6bd184c64aa6f70" | xxd -r -p | shasum -a 256

    Should print e09e7076c1cb96f13ff8a7bcd929de4a6396507ab49d9b7eb2baa651d2bf8e9d

  4. 4. Combine step 2

    The published value goes first, then the value you have.

    printf '01%s%s' "854ae0c9f7246228f1df8bac0f6f65be1d71199ca1d8645626165e4d80bf3fd7" "e09e7076c1cb96f13ff8a7bcd929de4a6396507ab49d9b7eb2baa651d2bf8e9d" | xxd -r -p | shasum -a 256

    Should print 4fe02f7977232dbcf5a45ffe5c2d0ee99f5e945cb5fc8276bb721997e450f1e7

  5. 5. Combine step 3

    The value you have goes first, then the published value.

    printf '01%s%s' "4fe02f7977232dbcf5a45ffe5c2d0ee99f5e945cb5fc8276bb721997e450f1e7" "f2dcf93d374978eeaf4ef318381eedf656bae6a403edbc1a808fac59a7a3d1d7" | xxd -r -p | shasum -a 256

    Should print 9839c50d956d1a2897706be0b518a912ccfac8b30716781f1f871dc7e09c56de

  6. 6. Combine step 4

    The published value goes first, then the value you have.

    printf '01%s%s' "e9d1e5b1a20836830147c446ad7b2863ad4431cf39e511931b7447e7884c4ab9" "9839c50d956d1a2897706be0b518a912ccfac8b30716781f1f871dc7e09c56de" | xxd -r -p | shasum -a 256

    Should print 0d95ceb7226728aae5f30a457ee7fd860f8b780b977cbc834793b2d2e1fa22b4

  7. 7. Compare with the blockchain

    The last value above is what the whole day came to. Read the record on Base and check its merkleRoot field is the same. Vitahash is not involved in this step at all.

    https://base.easscan.org/attestation/view/0xa1006c6226d4a015bffa7fddabd4db5db8582a79a901a0ea1835c5a72e3fd109

The rules these commands follow are written down in full, so anyone can reimplement them.

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