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 ## Prerequisites for building
 
-- Rust (2024 edition)
+- Rust 1.93 or newer (2024 edition; MSRV is 1.93, pulled in by matrix-sdk 0.17's use of `Duration::from_mins`)
 - Node.js and npm
 - Docker (for Linux cross-compilation and container deployment)
 - `cross` (`cargo install cross`) optional, for Linux static builds. Only needed if you are building for a different architecture, e.g. if you want to build a Linux binary from a Mac.