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+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	 xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>com.google</groupId>
+  <artifactId>bitcoinj</artifactId>
+  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  
+  <build>
+    <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
+    <testSourceDirectory>tests</testSourceDirectory>
+    
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.5</source>
+          <target>1.5</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>findbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <findbugsXmlOutput>true</findbugsXmlOutput>
+          <findbugsXmlWithMessages>true</findbugsXmlWithMessages>
+          <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+    
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>4.8.2</version>
+      <type>jar</type>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.6.1</version>
+      <type>jar</type>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <version>1.6.1</version>
+      <type>jar</type>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>