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  "date": "2026-10-02",
  "revision": 2,
  "title": "Read the date. Then the number.",
  "dek": "6 sourced briefs. BTC/USD last trade: $84,577.22 · LTC/USD last trade: $69.131",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-10-03T03:39:06.100Z",
  "timezone": "America/New_York",
  "status": "published",
  "classification": "Automated source briefing",
  "byline": "AI-prepared by LTC Media",
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      "id": "coinbase-btc-usd",
      "desk": "Market snapshot",
      "headline": "BTC/USD last trade: $84,577.22",
      "effectiveAt": "2026-10-03T03:30:07.991Z",
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        "Coinbase Exchange returned a BTC/USD last trade of $84,577.22, timestamped 2026-10-03T03:30:07.991Z. This venue-reported trade was retrieved at 2026-10-03T03:30:09.005Z; the two times are recorded separately.",
        "This is one exchange’s sampled last trade, not a global reference price, a live quote after publication or a 24-hour closing price. It does not establish a return, market-wide volume or a trend.",
        "For newcomers: a quote belongs to a venue, a trading pair and a moment. For experienced readers: inspect the exact decimal value, source timestamp and parser in the sourcebook before making comparisons."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "coinbase-ltc-usd",
      "desk": "Market snapshot",
      "headline": "LTC/USD last trade: $69.131",
      "effectiveAt": "2026-10-03T03:30:03.572Z",
      "sourceIds": [
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        "Coinbase Exchange returned a LTC/USD last trade of $69.131, timestamped 2026-10-03T03:30:03.572Z. This venue-reported trade was retrieved at 2026-10-03T03:30:09.005Z; the two times are recorded separately.",
        "This is one exchange’s sampled last trade, not a global reference price, a live quote after publication or a 24-hour closing price. It does not establish a return, market-wide volume or a trend.",
        "For newcomers: a quote belongs to a venue, a trading pair and a moment. For experienced readers: inspect the exact decimal value, source timestamp and parser in the sourcebook before making comparisons."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ibit-holdings",
      "desk": "Wall Street & institutions",
      "headline": "IBIT’s dated holdings record: October 1, 2026",
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        "The iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF holdings file reports 803,343.05410 BTC and 1,414,760,000.00 shares outstanding as of October 1, 2026. The source supplies a date, not an intraday timestamp.",
        "This is an issuer-reported balance at a point in time. It is not a live price, independently audited total or measurement of money entering the fund. Holdings changes alone are not ETF flows.",
        "For newcomers: read the “as of” date before comparing a number. For experienced readers: the source notebook preserves the exact decimal strings, parser version and retrieved-file hash for this observation."
      ]
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      "desk": "Bitcoin & builders",
      "headline": "Bitcoin Core v31.1: the dated upstream record",
      "effectiveAt": "2026-07-08T09:14:15Z",
      "sourceIds": [
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      "paragraphs": [
        "The official Bitcoin Core repository’s latest-release endpoint returned v31.1, published July 8, 2026. This briefing records the endpoint result; it does not present the release as today’s announcement.",
        "A version announcement describes software, not adoption across a network or a market forecast. Read the upstream notes and verification instructions before deciding whether an update suits your setup."
      ]
    },
    {
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      "effectiveAt": "2026-09-12T12:06:49Z",
      "sourceIds": [
        "litecoin-core"
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      "paragraphs": [
        "The official Litecoin Core repository’s latest-release endpoint returned v0.21.5.8, published September 12, 2026. This briefing records the endpoint result; it does not present the release as today’s announcement.",
        "A version announcement describes software, not adoption across a network or a market forecast. Read the upstream notes and verification instructions before deciding whether an update suits your setup."
      ]
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        "The official LND repository’s latest-release endpoint returned v0.21.4-beta, published October 1, 2026. This briefing records the endpoint result; it does not present the release as today’s announcement.",
        "A version announcement describes software, not adoption across a network or a market forecast. Read the upstream notes and verification instructions before deciding whether an update suits your setup.",
        "LND uses a beta suffix in the version name returned by its latest-release endpoint. Our parser preserves that suffix and rejects releases marked as drafts or prereleases by GitHub, as well as release-candidate tags. This is a description of the upstream channel, not a safety certification."
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    "CoinShares · Bitcoin ETP: reference page retrieved only; no headline, holding, flow or valuation metric was parsed or verified.",
    "SEC · official announcements: unavailable during this collection (HTTP 403). No claim or metric is supplied from this source.",
    "Litecoin Register · community research: reference page retrieved only; no headline, holding, flow or valuation metric was parsed or verified.",
    "No independently measured network telemetry, ETF/ETP flow series, company mNAV, Litecoin treasury total, consolidated live price, 24-hour return, new political headline or community event report is produced by this bounded edition."
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    "cover": {
      "theme": "Time",
      "palette": "cobalt",
      "motif": "timechain",
      "title": "Read the date. Then the number.",
      "subtitle": "6 sourced briefs. BTC/USD last trade: $84,577.22 · LTC/USD last trade: $69.131",
      "kicker": "LTC / DAILY SOURCE EDITION / October 2, 2026",
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    "backPage": {
      "title": "Keep three clocks",
      "prompt": "When did the event happen, when was it recorded, and when did you read it?",
      "practice": "Find a source-effective date and a collection time in the sourcebook. Explain the difference in one sentence a newcomer can understand.",
      "closingLine": "A good record leaves room for tomorrow."
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      "litecoin-core-release",
      "lnd-release",
      "coinbase-btc-usd",
      "coinbase-ltc-usd",
      "ibit-holdings",
      "bitcoin-core-release"
    ]
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  "corrections": [
    {
      "reason": "Expanded this issue at the founder’s request with saved daily cover and back-page design and timestamped BTC/LTC venue-price snapshots; the earlier source-only revision remains available.",
      "correctsEditionId": "2026-10-02-r1"
    }
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