X-Git-Url: https://git.novaco.in/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FREADME;h=530f1b2906eb3401ca4167988943b77f2a8cb2de;hb=373cf9437924e0df8d1899943e6476f33f62e559;hp=5a05950b97930fc1c5e0e9eb70f3ba0bc4adc58a;hpb=2f8f51d1e4e5285fdd5724f7264d32d08a42f7e9;p=novacoin.git diff --git a/doc/README b/doc/README index 5a05950..530f1b2 100644 --- a/doc/README +++ b/doc/README @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ -Bitcoin 0.3.25 BETA +NovaCoin 0.5.0 BETA -Copyright (c) 2009-2011 Bitcoin Developers +Copyright (c) 2013 NovaCoin Developers +Copyright (c) 2011-2012 PPCoin Developers Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying file license.txt or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in @@ -10,64 +11,8 @@ cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com). Intro ----- -Bitcoin is a free open source peer-to-peer electronic cash system that is -completely decentralized, without the need for a central server or trusted -parties. Users hold the crypto keys to their own money and transact directly -with each other, with the help of a P2P network to check for double-spending. +NovaCoin is a free open source project derived from Bitcoin, with +the goal of providing a long-term energy-efficient scrypt-based crypto-currency. +Built on the foundation of Bitcoin and PPCoin, innovations such as proof-of-stake +help further advance the field of crypto-currency. - -Setup ------ -Unpack the files into a directory and run: - bin/32/bitcoin (GUI, 32-bit) - bin/32/bitcoind (headless, 32-bit) - bin/64/bitcoin (GUI, 64-bit) - bin/64/bitcoind (headless, 64-bit) - - -Wallet Encryption ------------------ -Bitcoin supports native wallet encryption so that people who steal your -wallet file don't automatically get access to all of your Bitcoins. -In order to enable this feature, chose "Encrypt Wallet" from the -Options menu. You will be prompted to enter a passphrase, which -will be used as the key to encrypt your wallet and will be needed -every time you wish to send Bitcoins. If you lose this passphrase, -you will lose access to spend all of the bitcoins in your wallet, -no one, not even the Bitcoin developers can recover your Bitcoins. -This means you are responsible for your own security, store your -passphrase in a secure location and do not forget it. - -Remember that the encryption built into bitcoin only encrypts the -actual keys which are required to send your bitcoins, not the full -wallet. This means that someone who steals your wallet file will -be able to see all the addresses which belong to you, as well as the -relevant transactions, you are only protected from someone spending -your coins. - -It is recommended that you backup your wallet file before you -encrypt your wallet. To do this, close the Bitcoin client and -copy the wallet.dat file from ~/.bitcoin/ on Linux, /Users/(user -name)/Application Support/Bitcoin/ on Mac OSX, and %APPDATA%/Bitcoin/ -on Windows (that is /Users/(user name)/AppData/Roaming/Bitcoin on -Windows Vista and 7 and /Documents and Settings/(user name)/Application -Data/Bitcoin on Windows XP). Once you have copied that file to a -safe location, reopen the Bitcoin client and Encrypt your wallet. -If everything goes fine, delete the backup and enjoy your encrypted -wallet. Note that once you encrypt your wallet, you will never be -able to go back to a version of the Bitcoin client older than 0.4. - -Keep in mind that you are always responsible for you own security. -All it takes is a slightly more advanced wallet-stealing trojan which -installs a keylogger to steal your wallet passphrase as you enter it -in addition to your wallet file and you have lost all your Bitcoins. -Wallet encryption cannot keep you safe if you do not practice -good security, such as running up-to-date antivirus software, only -entering your wallet passphrase in the Bitcoin client and using the -same passphrase only as your wallet passphrase. - - -See the documentation at the bitcoin wiki: - https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Main_Page - -... for help and more information.