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| author | Matt Corallo <bitcoin-list@bluematt.me> | 2013-08-19 16:15:08 -0400 |
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| committer | bitcoindev <bitcoindev@gnusha.org> | 2013-08-19 20:15:18 +0000 |
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Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposal: remove "getwork" RPC from bitcoind
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