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author | Jorge Timón <jtimon@jtimon.cc> | 2015-09-22 20:36:14 +0200 |
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committer | bitcoindev <bitcoindev@gnusha.org> | 2015-09-22 18:36:17 +0000 |
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[bitcoin-dev] Long-term vision for bitcoind (was libconsensus and bitcoin development process)
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