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 **Zcash is unfinished and highly experimental.** Use at your own risk.
 
+Deprecation Policy
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+
+This release is considered deprecated 16 weeks after the release day. There
+is an automatic deprecation shutdown feature which will halt the node some
+time after this 16 week time period. The automatic feature is based on block
+height and can be explicitly disabled.
+
 Where do I begin?
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 We have a guide for joining the main Zcash network: