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-Tendermint Core v0.34.0 is the Tendermint Core release which supports the Stargate upgrade. 
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-For more information on how to upgrade to Tendermint 0.34, please see [UPGRADING.md](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/release/v0.34.0/UPGRADING.md). 
-For a full list of user-facing changes, please see [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/release/v0.34.0/CHANGELOG.md). 
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