README.md

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-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?
+## Development Process
-----------------
-
-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
--------------------
 
 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
+completely stable. [Releases](https://github.com/lbryio/lbrycrd/releases) are created
-regularly to indicate new official, stable release versions of Bitcoin Core.
+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
+## License
-[Bitcoin Core's Transifex page](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/).
 
-Translations are periodically pulled from Transifex and merged into the git repository. See the
+MIT
-[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).