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broadcast_package RPC: add notes about bitcoind version differences
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Note that the exact structure and semantics can depend on the bitcoind version,
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and hence the electrum protocol can make no guarantees about it.
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.. note:: The exact relay behaviour might depend on the bitcoind version of the server.
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.. note:: Server implementations should verify (e.g. by enforcing a minimum bitcoind version at runtime)
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that the backing bitcoind supports relay of transaction packages. For example, note that Bitcoin Core 26.0
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already exposes the `submitpackage` RPC however it is effectively non-functional until Bitcoin Core 28.0.
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**Result Example**
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When *verbose* is :const:`false`::

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