Dev Docs: update text about v3 blocks/BIP66

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* **Version 3** blocks will be introduced when sufficient numbers of
miners switch to using Bitcoin Core 0.10.0 and other versions that
create version 3 blocks. As described in draft BIP66, this soft fork
change requires strict DER encoding for all ECDSA signatures used in
transactions appearing in version 3 or later blocks. Transactions that
do not use strict DER encoding have been non-standard since Bitcoin
Core 0.8.0.
* **Version 3** blocks were introduced in Bitcoin Core 0.10.0 (February
2015) as a soft fork. When the fork reach full enforcement (July
2015), it required strict DER encoding of all ECDSA signatures in new
blocks as described in BIP66. Transactions that do not use strict DER
encoding had previously been non-standard since Bitcoin Core 0.8.0
(February 2012).
* **Version 4** blocks will likely be introduced in the near-future as
specified in draft BIP62. Possible changes include: