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+Bitcoin version 0.7.1 is now available from:
+  http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.7.1/
+
+This is a bug-fix minor release.
+
+Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
+  https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues
+
+Project source code is hosted at github; you can get
+source-only tarballs/zipballs directly from there:
+  https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tarball/v0.7.1  # .tar.gz
+  https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/zipball/v0.7.1  # .zip
+
+Ubuntu Linux users can use the "Personal Package Archive" (PPA)
+maintained by Matt Corallo to automatically keep 
+up-to-date.  Just type:
+  sudo apt-add-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
+  sudo apt-get update
+in your terminal, then install the bitcoin-qt package:
+  sudo apt-get install bitcoin-qt
+
+KNOWN ISSUES
+------------
+
+Mac OSX 10.5 is no longer supported.
+
+How to Upgrade
+--------------
+
+If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait
+until it has completely shut down (which might take a few minutes for older
+versions), then run the installer (on Windows) or just copy over
+/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac) or bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux).
+
+If you were running on Linux with a version that might have been compiled
+with a different version of Berkeley DB (for example, if you were using an
+Ubuntu PPA version), then run the old version again with the -detachdb
+argument and shut it down; if you do not, then the new version will not
+be able to read the database files and will exit with an error.
+
+Explanation of -detachdb (and the new "stop true" RPC command):
+The Berkeley DB database library stores data in both ".dat" and
+"log" files, so the database is always in a consistent state,
+even in case of power failure or other sudden shutdown. The
+format of the ".dat" files is portable between different
+versions of Berkeley DB, but the "log" files are not-- even minor
+version differences may have incompatible "log" files. The
+-detachdb option moves any pending changes from the "log" files
+to the "blkindex.dat" file for maximum compatibility, but makes
+shutdown much slower. Note that the "wallet.dat" file is always
+detached, and versions prior to 0.6.0 detached all databases
+at shutdown.
+
+New features
+------------
+
+* Added a boolean argument to the RPC 'stop' command, if true sets
+  -detachdb to create standalone database .dat files before shutting down.
+
+* -salvagewallet command-line option, which moves any existing wallet.dat
+  to wallet.{timestamp}.dat and then attempts to salvage public/private
+  keys and master encryption keys (if the wallet is encrypted) into
+  a new wallet.dat. This should only be used if your wallet becomes
+  corrupted, and is not intended to replace regular wallet backups.
+
+* Import $DataDir/bootstrap.dat automatically, if it exists.
+
+Dependency changes
+------------------
+
+* Qt 4.8.2 for Windows builds
+
+* openssl 1.0.1c
+
+Bug fixes
+---------
+
+* Clicking on a bitcoin: URI on Windows should now launch Bitcoin-Qt properly.
+
+* When running -testnet, use RPC port 18332 by default.
+
+* Better detection and handling of corrupt wallet.dat and blkindex.dat files.
+  Previous versions would crash with a DB_RUNRECOVERY exception, this
+  version detects most problems and tells you how to recover if it
+  cannot recover itself.
+
+* Fixed an uninitialized variable bug that could cause transactions to
+  be reported out of order.
+
+* Fixed a bug that could cause occasional crashes on exit.
+
+* Warn the user that they need to create fresh wallet backups after they
+  encrypt their wallet.
+
+----------------------------------------------------
+Thanks to everybody who contributed to this release:
+
+Gavin Andresen
+Jeff Garzik
+Luke Dashjr
+Mark Friedenbach
+Matt Corallo
+Philip Kaufmann
+Pieter Wuille
+Rune K. Svendsen
+Virgil Dupras
+Wladimir J. van der Laan
+fanquake
+kjj2
+xanatos