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## Updates
* **January 19th 2017**: The Final alert has been broadcast. This final alert essentially disables the alert system by overriding all
* **January 19, 2017**: The Final alert has been broadcast. This final alert essentially disables the alert system by overriding all
alerts, preventing other alerts from being broadcast, and displays the static message "Alert Key Compromised". The Alert Key
will be published in the coming months.
* **March 8, 2017**: Bitcoin Core 0.14 released with hard-coded [final alert](https://bitcoin.org/en/release/v0.14.0#final-alert).
* **May 1, 2017**: Postpone release date of Alert key. Older clients may contain Alert handling code which is exploitable using the alert key, therefore the public release of the key has been temporarily postponed until considered safe.
## Summary
The network wide Alert system is being retired. **_No Bitcoins are at risk and this warning may be safely ignored._**
The network wide Alert system is being retired. **_No Bitcoins are at risk and this warning may be safely ignored._**
Upgrade to the newest version of your wallet software to no longer see the alert.
## Reasons for Retirement
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not be imposed on the entire network.
The Alert system has also lost its usefulness. It is no longer necessary to use it to inform users about problematic network
events as users can easily get their information from any major Bitcoin news outlet.
events as users can easily get their information from any major Bitcoin news outlet.
## The Retirement Plan
Retirement of the Alert system consists of a pre-final alert (this alert) which will warn about the impending retirement, a
Retirement of the Alert system consists of a pre-final alert (this alert) which will warn about the impending retirement, a
final maximum sequence alert which cannot be overridden and displays a static "Alert Key Compromised" message, and the
publishing of the Alert key itself. The final alert will be hard coded into Bitcoin Core 0.14 to ensure that all old nodes
receive the final alert.
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|Pre-final Alert Posts|Posts on Bitcoin.org, various forums, and various mailing lists that the Alert system will be retired|2016-11-01|
|Pre-final Alert|The alert itself warning that the Alert system will be retired|2016-11-02|
|Final Alert|Max sequence Alert to disable the Alert system|2017 (Will coincide with Bitcoin Core 0.14 Release Candidate process)|
|Alert key released|The Alert key will be made publicly available|1-2 months after the Final Alert|
|Final Alert|Max sequence Alert to disable the Alert system|2017-01-19|
|Alert key release|The Alert key will be made publicly available|Postponed until further notice.|
## Software without the Alert system
Most major Bitcoin wallets have already removed the alert system in the most recent releases. The software listed below
Most major Bitcoin wallets have already removed the alert system in the most recent releases. The software listed below
are guaranteed to have removed/disabled the Alert system or allow you to disable it.
* Bitcoin Core 0.13.1, 0.13.0, 0.12.1
* Bitcoin Core 0.12.1+
* Bitcoin Core 0.10.3, 0.11.x, and 0.12.x can disable alerts with `-alerts=0`
* Armory 0.94.1+