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@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ DPoW confs are defaulted to on in the latest versions of HUSH, exchanges
 do not need to change any code, any HUSH daemon setting or CLI flags. They
 are protected by default.
 
+# What to do when DPoW is down?
+
+In the case of DPoW service being down, operators can use -dpowconfs=0 daemon switch to use raw confirmations.
+
 # Cost of DPoW
 
 The raw cost of many, say 64 global notary nodes making transactions roughly once every