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Merge #9550: Trim down the XP notice and say more about what we support. 

7094bf7 Trim down the XP notice and say more about what we support. (Gregory Maxwell)
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Compatibility Compatibility
============== ==============
Microsoft ended support for Windows XP on [April 8th, 2014](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/WindowsForBusiness/end-of-xp-support), Bitcoin Core is extensively tested on multiple operating systems using
an OS initially released in 2001. This means that not even critical security the Linux kernel, macOS 10.8+, and Windows Vista and later.
updates will be released anymore. Without security updates, using a bitcoin
wallet on a XP machine is irresponsible at least. Microsoft ended support for Windows XP on [April 8th, 2014](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/WindowsForBusiness/end-of-xp-support).
No attempt is made to prevent installing or running the software on Windows XP, you
In addition to that, with 0.12.x there have been varied reports of Bitcoin Core can still do so at your own risk but be aware that there are known instabilities.
randomly crashing on Windows XP. It is [not clear](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/7681#issuecomment-217439891) Please do not report issues about Windows XP to the issue tracker.
what the source of these crashes is, but it is likely that upstream
libraries such as Qt are no longer being tested on XP. Bitcoin Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not
frequently tested on them.
We do not have time nor resources to provide support for an OS that is
end-of-life. From 0.13.0 on, Windows XP is no longer supported. Users are
suggested to upgrade to a newer version of Windows, or install an alternative OS
that is supported.
No attempt is made to prevent installing or running the software on Windows XP,
you can still do so at your own risk, but do not expect it to work: do not
report issues about Windows XP to the issue tracker.
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