From 37938375dc5a5f9f50b38aa0ce90a6dbf4de61f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Collins Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:36:32 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Update READMEs with current details. This commit updates the main README.md and docs/README.md files to replace the references to the now dead btcgui project with the Windows-only Paymetheus project. While here, it also updates some information to make it more current and accurately describe the current status. --- README.md | 8 +++----- docs/README.md | 20 +++++++++----------- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2efacc2e..8525bb49 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ btcd btcd is an alternative full node bitcoin implementation written in Go (golang). This project is currently under active development and is in a Beta state. It -is extremely stable and has been in production use for over 6 months as of May -2014, however there are still a couple of major features we want to add before -we come out of beta. +is extremely stable and has been in production use since October 2013. It properly downloads, validates, and serves the block chain using the exact rules (including bugs) for block acceptance as Bitcoin Core. We have taken @@ -30,8 +28,8 @@ blog entry [here](https://blog.conformal.com/btcd-not-your-moms-bitcoin-daemon) for more details. This means you can't actually make or receive payments directly with btcd. That functionality is provided by the [btcwallet](https://github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet) and -[btcgui](https://github.com/btcsuite/btcgui) projects which are both under -active development. +[Paymetheus](https://github.com/btcsuite/Paymetheus) (Windows-only) projects +which are both under active development. ## Requirements diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md index 4be4cb33..63897867 100644 --- a/docs/README.md +++ b/docs/README.md @@ -26,10 +26,8 @@ btcd is a full node bitcoin implementation written in [Go](http://golang.org), licensed under the [copyfree](http://www.copyfree.org) ISC License. -This project is currently under active development and is in a Beta state. It is -extremely stable and has been in production use for over 6 months as of May -2014, however there are still a couple of major features we want to add before -we come out of beta. +This project is currently under active development and is in a Beta state. It +is extremely stable and has been in production use since October 2013. It currently properly downloads, validates, and serves the block chain using the exact rules (including bugs) for block acceptance as the reference @@ -45,14 +43,14 @@ required into the block chain and also includes the vast majority of the more strict checks which filter transactions based on miner requirements ("standard" transactions). -One key difference between btcd and bitcoind is that btcd does NOT include -wallet functionality and this was a very intentional design decision. See the -[blog entry](https://blog.conformal.com/btcd-not-your-moms-bitcoin-daemon) for -more details. This means you can't actually make or receive payments directly -with btcd. That functionality is provided by the +One key difference between btcd and Bitcoin Core is that btcd does *NOT* include +wallet functionality and this was a very intentional design decision. See the +blog entry [here](https://blog.conformal.com/btcd-not-your-moms-bitcoin-daemon) +for more details. This means you can't actually make or receive payments +directly with btcd. That functionality is provided by the [btcwallet](https://github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet) and -[btcgui](https://github.com/btcsuite/btcgui) projects which are both under -active development. +[Paymetheus](https://github.com/btcsuite/Paymetheus) (Windows-only) projects +which are both under active development. ### 2. Getting Started