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 ## Build
 
-* Install nim 0.16.0 or newer, have it on PATH and working. The best way to do this
+* Install nim 0.17.2, have it on PATH and working. The best way to do this
   as of this writing is https://github.com/dom96/choosenim, which will install it
   for your user on Linux/OSX, and on Windows will even pull in the required compiler
   and package manager.