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both are useful
the block hash proves knowledge of some information that couldn't have been available before (same as using a newspaper headline, for example), so it puts a >= bound on the timestamp
OTS stamping can be used to prove that information already existed at a certain time (by putting it in a merkle tree that will be published in a block), so puts a <= bound on the timestamp
together these can "box in" the timestamp of the event
Published at
2024-09-21 08:11:10Event JSON
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