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-Copyright (c) 2012-2018 Jonathan Warren
+Copyright (c) 2012-2016 Jonathan Warren
 Copyright (c) 2013-2018 The Bitmessage Developers
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy