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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ The bitcoinj library is a Java implementation of the Bitcoin protocol, which all
 
 ### Technologies
 
-* Java 8+ (needs Java 8 API or Android 7.0 API, compiles to Java 8 bytecode) and Gradle 4.4+ for the `core` module
+* Java 8+ (needs Java 8 API or Android 8.0 API, compiles to Java 8 bytecode) and Gradle 4.4+ for the `core` module
 * Java 11+ and Gradle 4.4+ for `tools`, `wallettool` and `examples`
 * Java 11+ and Gradle 4.10+ for the JavaFX-based `wallettemplate`
 * https://gradle.org/[Gradle] - for building the project