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 ### Build & Test
 
-Rust minimum required version to build this project is 1.65.0 published 02.11.2022. 
+Rust minimum required version to build this project is 1.70.0 published 01.06.2023. 
 
 See the book for detailed instructions on how to build from [source](https://paradigmxyz.github.io/reth/installation/source.html).