diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0695a6c..4c24f95 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,21 +1,27 @@ IXCoin Core integration/staging tree ===================================== -http://www.bitcoin.org - -Copyright (c) 2009-2014 IXCoin Core Developers +Copyright (c) 2011-2014 IXCoin Core Developers What is IXCoin? ---------------- -IXCoin is an experimental new digital currency that enables instant payments to -anyone, anywhere in the world. IXCoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate -with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried -out collectively by the network. IXCoin Core is the name of open source -software which enables the use of this currency. +IXCoin, like Bitcoin is an experimental new digital currency that enables instant +payments to anyone, anywhere in the world. + +Created by Thomas Nasakioto, IXCoin uses the same peer-to-peer technology to +operate with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are +carried out collectively by the network. + +IXCoin Core is the name of this open source software which enables the use of +that currency. -For more information, as well as an immediately useable, binary version of -the IXCoin Core software, see http://www.ixcoin.org +For more information, see https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=230141 + +A new IXcoin Foundation has recently formed in 2014, this is ongoing, with the +intention that the orignal http://www.ixcoin.org website be maintained and +kept current, watch there for updates as well as useable binary versions of +the IXCoin Core software License ------- @@ -32,37 +38,20 @@ their feature or bug fix is ready. If it is a simple/trivial/non-controversial change, then one of the IXCoin development team members simply pulls it. -If it is a *more complicated or potentially controversial* change, then the patch -submitter will be asked to start a discussion (if they haven't already) on the -[mailing list](http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=ixcoin-development). - -The patch will be accepted if there is broad consensus that it is a good thing. -Developers should expect to rework and resubmit patches if the code doesn't -match the project's coding conventions (see [doc/coding.md](doc/coding.md)) or are -controversial. - -The `master` branch is regularly built and tested, but is not guaranteed to be -completely stable. [Tags](https://github.com/ixcoin/ixcoin/tags) are created -regularly to indicate new official, stable release versions of IXCoin. Testing ------- -Testing and code review is the bottleneck for development; we get more pull -requests than we can review and test. Please be patient and help out, and -remember this is a security-critical project where any mistake might cost people -lots of money. +Testing and code review is the bottleneck for development; +Please be patient and help out, and remember this is a security-critical project +where any mistake might cost people lots of money. ### Automated Testing Developers are strongly encouraged to write unit tests for new code, and to -submit new unit tests for old code. Unit tests can be compiled and run (assuming they weren't disabled in configure) with: `make check` +submit new unit tests for old code. Unit tests can be compiled and run +(assuming they weren't disabled in configure) with: `make check` -Every pull request is built for both Windows and Linux on a dedicated server, -and unit and sanity tests are automatically run. The binaries produced may be -used for manual QA testing — a link to them will appear in a comment on the -pull request posted by [IXCoinPullTester](https://github.com/IXCoinPullTester). See https://github.com/TheBlueMatt/test-scripts -for the build/test scripts. ### Manual Quality Assurance (QA) Testing @@ -72,6 +61,7 @@ See https://github.com/ixcoin/QA/ for how to create a test plan. Translations ------------ +We need help here! Changes to translations as well as new translations can be submitted to [IXCoin Core's Transifex page](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/ixcoin/).