From e8e9608500c3938bad0ef5ada339096ca5d023ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sunny King Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:11:27 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] PPCoin: Update COPYING and README for initial release 0.1 --- COPYING | 1 + doc/README | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- doc/README_windows.txt | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ 3 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 README.ppcoin diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING index 0f9223b..7b4d9f2 100644 --- a/COPYING +++ b/COPYING @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +Copyright (c) 2011-2012 PPCoin Developers Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Bitcoin Developers Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy diff --git a/README.ppcoin b/README.ppcoin deleted file mode 100644 index e69de29..0000000 diff --git a/doc/README b/doc/README index 6cc5000..38242bc 100644 --- a/doc/README +++ b/doc/README @@ -1,3 +1,40 @@ +PPCoin 0.1.0 BETA + +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 +the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/). This product includes +cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com). + + +Intro +----- +PPCoin is a free open source project derived from Bitcoin, with +the goal of providing a long-term energy-efficient crypto-currency. +Built on the foundation of Bitcoin, 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/ppcoind (headless, 32-bit) + bin/64/ppcoind (headless, 64-bit) + +The software automatically finds other nodes to connect to. You can +enable Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) with your router/firewall +or forward port 9901 (TCP) to your computer so you can receive +incoming connections. PPCoin works without incoming connections, +but allowing incoming connections helps the PPCoin network. + + +See the documentation/wiki at the ppcoin website: + http://www.ppcoin.org/ +for help and more information. + + +------------------ Bitcoin 0.6.3 BETA Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Bitcoin Developers @@ -16,18 +53,6 @@ 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 ------ -You need the Qt4 run-time libraries to run bitcoin-qt. On Debian or Ubuntu: - sudo apt-get install libqtgui4 - -Unpack the files into a directory and run: - bin/32/bitcoin-qt (GUI, 32-bit) - bin/32/bitcoind (headless, 32-bit) - bin/64/bitcoin-qt (GUI, 64-bit) - bin/64/bitcoind (headless, 64-bit) - - See the documentation at the bitcoin wiki: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Main_Page for help and more information. diff --git a/doc/README_windows.txt b/doc/README_windows.txt index cf8958b..c775c6c 100644 --- a/doc/README_windows.txt +++ b/doc/README_windows.txt @@ -1,3 +1,43 @@ +PPCoin 0.1.0 BETA + +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 +the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/). This product includes +cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com). + + +Intro +----- +PPCoin is a free open source project derived from Bitcoin, with +the goal of providing a long-term energy-efficient crypto-currency. +Built on the foundation of Bitcoin, innovations such as proof-of-stake +help further advance the field of crypto-currency. + + +Setup +----- +After completing windows setup then run windows command line (cmd) + cd daemon + ppcoind +You would need to create a configuration file ppcoin.conf in the default +wallet directory. Grant access to ppcoind.exe in anti-virus and firewall +applications if necessary. + +The software automatically finds other nodes to connect to. You can +enable Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) with your router/firewall +or forward port 9901 (TCP) to your computer so you can receive +incoming connections. PPCoin works without incoming connections, +but allowing incoming connections helps the PPCoin network. + + +See the documentation/wiki at the ppcoin website: + http://www.ppcoin.org/ +for help and more information. + + +------------------ Bitcoin 0.6.3 BETA Copyright (c) 2009-2012 Bitcoin Developers @@ -16,20 +56,6 @@ 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 bitcoin-qt.exe. - -If you have Microsoft Security Essentials, you need to add bitcoin.exe to its -"Excluded processes" list. Microsoft Security Essentials->Settings tab, -select Excluded processes, press Add, select bitcoin.exe, OK, Save changes. - -The software automatically finds other nodes to connect to. You can -enable Universal Plug and Play using a menu entry or set your firewall -to forward port 8333 (TCP) to your computer so you can receive -incoming connections. Bitcoin works without incoming connections, -but allowing incoming connections helps the Bitcoin network. - See the bitcoin wiki at: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Main_Page for more help and information. -- 1.7.1