As this is a very important and structural change, why isn't any announce on the middle of those "community news"? There's no fucking reference about this.
You made check the page:
09/01/2013
One more changelog
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04/29/2013
L00Rr is now officially out of the team.
The community decided to use his funds for a giveaway. More info in the newsletter.
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03/01/2013
We have troubles with mail servers.
Weekly newsletters will not be sent for some time. Sorry for inconvenience.Check your team's emails for instructions. Be careful.
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08/12/2012
Extranonce data.
Changelog -- extranonce field added.
I know that's not what you expect with such a large update, but it seems that the news had been spreading with this newsletter. As for the point, that bytecoin.org did not exist as a website in 2013, you contradict yourself. You already mentioned "original's Bytecoin .onion page". Clearly, there were no emails on bytecoin.org domain if the original website is .onion.