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+In June 2010 the Bitcoin reference software version 0.2.10 introduced +a change to the protocol: the 'version' messages exchanged by nodes +at connection time would have a new format that included checksum +values to detect corruption by broken networks. +
+All other messages already carry a checksum (for connections between +nodes 0.2.9 and later) but the version messages themselves could not +be changed in a compatible way, so this change was delayed and does not take effect until +Midnight UTC on Feb 20th 2012 to leave users time to upgrade. +
+The developers of the Bitcoin reference software are unable to find +any evidence of any nodes still running software prior to 0.2.10 on +the network. If any nodes with software this old +do still exist, they will no longer be able to connect to newer nodes +after this date. +
+This switchover has been tested and no significant disruption is +expected. Nodes with incorrect clocks may have a difficult +time making new connections for a brief period around the switchover +time. +
+If there are unexpected difficulties this page will be updated with +relevant information. +
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