Updated: investigation done, point to 0.8.1 release.

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<h3>Are my bitcoins safe?</h3> <h3>Are my bitcoins safe?</h3>
<p> <p>
Yes. Yes.
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<h3>I'm a merchant accepting bitcoins, what should I do?</h3>
<p>
If you are running version 0.8.0, there is a small risk that payments with more than
6 confirmations could be double-spent on the 0.7-compatible blockchain. The risk is small
because this is not a network split-- transactions are being sent to both sides of the
chain split, and it is unlikely (but possible) that somebody could get two versions of the
same transaction into the two sides of the chain.
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<h2>What will be done</h2> <h2>What will be done</h2>
<p> <p>
The core developers are investigating exactly what causes the old versions to reject the new The core developers have investigated what caused the old versions to reject the new
blocks, and will release a 0.8.1 version that avoids creating blocks that are incompatible with blocks, and have released a 0.8.1 version that avoids creating blocks that are incompatible with
older versions. older versions. A full post-mortem document will be published.
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<i>This notice last updated: 12 March 2013 02:45 UTC</i> <i>This notice last updated: 18 March 2013 16:10 UTC</i>
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