-PPCoin 0.1.0 BETA\r
+NovaCoin 0.3.0 BETA\r
\r
-Copyright (c) 2011-2012 PPCoin Developers\r
+Copyright (c) 2013 NovaCoin Developers\r
+Copyright (c) 2011-2013 PPCoin Developers\r
Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying\r
file license.txt or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.\r
This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in\r
\r
Intro\r
-----\r
-PPCoin is a free open source project derived from Bitcoin, with\r
-the goal of providing a long-term energy-efficient crypto-currency.\r
-Built on the foundation of Bitcoin, innovations such as proof-of-stake\r
+NovaCoin is a free open source project derived from PPCoin, with\r
+the goal of providing a long-term energy-efficient scrypt-based crypto-currency.\r
+Built on the foundation of Bitcoin, innovations such as proof-of-stake and scrypt\r
help further advance the field of crypto-currency.\r
\r
\r
-----\r
After completing windows setup then run windows command line (cmd)\r
cd daemon\r
- ppcoind\r
-You would need to create a configuration file ppcoin.conf in the default\r
-wallet directory. Grant access to ppcoind.exe in anti-virus and firewall\r
+ novacoind\r
+You would need to create a configuration file novacoin.conf in the default\r
+wallet directory. Grant access to novacoind.exe in anti-virus and firewall\r
applications if necessary.\r
\r
The software automatically finds other nodes to connect to. You can\r
but allowing incoming connections helps the PPCoin network.\r
\r
\r
-See the documentation/wiki at the ppcoin website:\r
- http://www.ppcoin.org/\r
-for help and more information.\r
+Upgrade\r
+-------\r
+All you existing coins/transactions should be intact with the upgrade.\r
+To upgrade from 0.2.x, first backup wallet\r
+novacoind backupwallet <destination_backup_file>\r
+Then shutdown ppcoind by\r
+novacoind stop\r
+Start up the new novacoind (0.3.0).\r
\r
\r
------------------\r