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| author | Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell@gmail.com> | 2014-04-09 08:54:25 -0700 |
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| committer | bitcoindev <bitcoindev@gnusha.org> | 2014-04-09 15:54:33 +0000 |
| commit | 97f9cbaf25588ed9dece004e9a1352727d67c64c (patch) | |
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Re: [Bitcoin-development] Bitcoind-in-background mode for SPV wallets
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