From fbbf63fa544831c99ebed210e1f833b4e1a45edb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Grin Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 10:35:36 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 57 +++++++++---------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8a3352319..0ca072f02 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,51 +1,21 @@ -LBRYcrd integration/staging tree -===================================== +# LBRYcrd - The LBRY blockchain -http://lbry.io -What is LBRYcrd? ----------------- +## What is LBRYcrd? -LBRYcrd is a fork of bitcoin core designed for use in the LBRY network. +LBRYcrd uses a blockchain similar to bitcoin's to implement an index and payment system for content on the LBRY network. It is a fork of bitcoin core. -LBRYcrd uses a blockchain similar to bitcoin's to implement a unique naming system in which the person who dedicates the largest amount of LBC to a name has control over that name. -What is Bitcoin? ----------------- - -Bitcoin is an experimental new digital currency that enables instant payments to -anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate -with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried -out collectively by the network. Bitcoin Core is the name of open source -software which enables the use of this currency. - -For more information, as well as an immediately useable, binary version of -the Bitcoin Core software, see https://bitcoin.org/en/download, or read the -[original whitepaper](https://bitcoincore.org/bitcoin.pdf). - -License -------- - -Bitcoin Core is released under the terms of the MIT license. See [COPYING](COPYING) for more -information or see https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT. - -Development Process -------------------- +## Development Process The `master` branch is regularly built and tested, but is not guaranteed to be -completely stable. [Tags](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tags) are created -regularly to indicate new official, stable release versions of Bitcoin Core. +completely stable. [Releases](https://github.com/lbryio/lbrycrd/releases) are created +regularly to indicate new official, stable release versions. The contribution workflow is described in [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md). -The developer [mailing list](https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev) -should be used to discuss complicated or controversial changes before working -on a patch set. -Developer IRC can be found on Freenode at #bitcoin-core-dev. - -Testing -------- +## Testing Testing and code review is the bottleneck for development; we get more pull requests than we can review and test on short notice. Please be patient and help out by testing @@ -72,16 +42,7 @@ code. This is especially important for large or high-risk changes. It is useful to add a test plan to the pull request description if testing the changes is not straightforward. -Translations ------------- -Changes to translations as well as new translations can be submitted to -[Bitcoin Core's Transifex page](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/). +## License -Translations are periodically pulled from Transifex and merged into the git repository. See the -[translation process](doc/translation_process.md) for details on how this works. - -**Important**: We do not accept translation changes as GitHub pull requests because the next -pull from Transifex would automatically overwrite them again. - -Translators should also subscribe to the [mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bitcoin-translators). +MIT