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Alerts: BIP148: mention backups

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@ -48,11 +48,12 @@ pending payments to confirm on the Bitcoin block chain before the event.
1. If you send bitcoins as payments, note that many services may stop
accepting bitcoins at {{start}} or earlier.
1. Be wary of storing your bitcoins on an exchange or other third-party
wallet. If they accept transactions during the event, they could lose
money and will likely spread those loses across all their users. If
there end up being two or more competing versions of Bitcoin, then they
may refuse to give you your bitcoins on versions they don't like.
1. Be wary of storing your bitcoins on an exchange or any service that
doesn't allow you to make a local backup copy of your private keys. If
they accept transactions during the event, they could lose money and
will likely spread those loses across all their users. If there end up
being two or more competing versions of Bitcoin, then they may refuse to
give you your bitcoins on versions they don't like.
## During the event