diff --git a/protocol/network/messages.md b/protocol/network/messages.md
index 47fea4a..5063e0f 100644
--- a/protocol/network/messages.md
+++ b/protocol/network/messages.md
@@ -123,4 +123,4 @@ Below is the full, concatenated sample message (in hexadecimal):
 
 ### Payload Checksum
 
-Bitcoin Unlimited does not validate the message checksum
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+Bitcoin Unlimited does not validate the message checksum since messages are sent via TCP which has its own checksum paradigm.