X-Git-Url: https://git.novaco.in/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FREADME;h=98291ade8d812ff45ec90db8b824de41649276a6;hb=7483713823cea61963ae0051f3e17ffd4b9be706;hp=421c83cd5357bd4fccf51d55107463ae23d49bc5;hpb=b6b039d84ed3d1616cb97ee45ff24ec343efbed0;p=novacoin.git diff --git a/doc/README b/doc/README index 421c83c..98291ad 100644 --- a/doc/README +++ b/doc/README @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ -Bitcoin 0.3.24 BETA - -Copyright (c) 2009-2011 Bitcoin Developers +Copyright (c) 2013-2020 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 @@ -10,59 +9,8 @@ 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. - - -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 password 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 +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. -... for help and more information.