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+language: go
+go:
+  - release
+  - tip
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 btcchain
 ========
 
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/conformal/btcchain.png?branch=master)]
+(https://travis-ci.org/conformal/btcchain)
+
 Package btcchain implements bitcoin block handling and chain selection rules.
 The test coverage is currently only around 60%, but will be increasing over
 time. See `test_coverage.txt` for the gocov coverage report.  Alternatively, if