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+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "@subsquid/evm-processor",
+      "comment": "Introduce flags to make the RPC data validation checks optional",
+      "type": "minor"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@subsquid/evm-processor"
+}
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