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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20140725042203|61" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="71" ns="0" title="Mini-blockchain" pageid="17" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-11-04T22:56:12Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="67" prev="23" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="70" ns="0" title="Transaction signing" pageid="27" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-11-04T22:44:43Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="66" prev="61" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="69" ns="0" title="Cryptonite" pageid="8" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-09-03T11:42:02Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="65" prev="58" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="68" ns="0" title="Cryptonite API" pageid="9" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-09-03T11:39:35Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="64" prev="55" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="67" ns="0" title="Coinbase account" pageid="7" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-08-05T15:11:27Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="63" prev="60" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="66" ns="0" title="Weaknesses and attack vectors" pageid="29" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-08-01T03:45:59Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="62" prev="33" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="65" ns="0" title="Transaction signing" pageid="27" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-07-31T06:14:40Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="61" prev="40" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="64" ns="0" title="Coinbase account" pageid="7" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-07-29T07:01:34Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="60" prev="57" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="63" ns="0" title="Withdrawal limits" pageid="30" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-07-26T19:05:03Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="59" prev="56" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="62" ns="0" title="Cryptonite" pageid="8" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2014-07-25T04:25:37Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="58" prev="47" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>