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author | Tom Harding <tomh@thinlink.com> | 2015-12-20 19:23:40 -0800 |
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committer | bitcoindev <bitcoindev@gnusha.org> | 2015-12-21 03:23:38 +0000 |
commit | 074c3a7234832ef11582199101bad4e73c8d1610 (patch) | |
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parent | 86f8b2182fabe73bbab518bb714f32efac4840ef (diff) | |
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Re: [bitcoin-dev] Forget dormant UTXOs without confiscating bitcoin
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