doc: increase MSRV to 1.76 in readme.md (older Rust versions should s…

…till work fine, but latest versions of the transitive dependencies require 1.76+) (#1198)

README.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
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-    <a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2023/08/24/Rust-1.72.0.html"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.72+-lightgray.svg" alt="MSRV" /></a>
+    <a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/2024/02/08/Rust-1.76.0.html"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.76+-lightgray.svg" alt="MSRV" /></a>
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@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ State breaking changes (low-level serialization format of any data type) will be
 
 ### MSRV
 
-The minimum supported Rust version is currently `1.72`. There are no guarantees that this will be upheld if a security patch release needs to come in that requires a Rust toolchain increase.
+The minimum supported Rust version is currently `1.76`. There are no guarantees that this will be upheld if a security patch release needs to come in that requires a Rust toolchain increase.
 
 ## Contributing