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 Cuprate will help to protect the network from implementation bugs that could 
 cause a variety of issues, plus because it's written in a memory safe language Cuprate 
 will be less likely to suffer from memory safety issues compared to monerod.
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-## Donate
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-If you would like to support out efforts, please consider donating to this address:
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