From 93a0f2c92a350779b033beb36775b488803cd7ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gregory Sanders Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 10:09:54 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update README for refresh --- README.md | 23 ++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 41947fb36f..dadf0a47f2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -27,28 +27,25 @@ software which enables the use of this currency. For more information, as well as an immediately useable, binary version of the Bitcoin Core software, see https://www.bitcoin.org/en/download. -What is Elements Alpha? ------------------------ -https://github.com/ElementsProject/elements/tree/alpha - -Elements Alpha is the Elements project's first experimental test chain. +What is Elements? +---------------- Compared to Bitcoin itself, it adds the following features: * [Confidential Transactions][confidential-transactions] - * [Segregated Witness][segregated-witness] - * [Relative Lock Time][relative-lock-time] - * [Schnorr Signatures][schnorr-signatures] * [Additional opcodes][opcodes] - * [Deterministic Peg (pegged to Bitcoin's testnet currency).][deterministic-peg] + * [Deterministic Peg][deterministic-peg] * [Signed Blocks][signed-blocks] -Getting Started ---------------- -See alpha-README.md for build and use instructions. +Previous elements that have been integrated into Core: + * [Segregated Witness][segregated-witness] + * [Relative Lock Time][relative-lock-time] + +Elements deferred for additional research and standardization: + * [Schnorr Signatures][schnorr-signatures] License ------- -Elements Alpha is released under the terms of the MIT license. See [COPYING](COPYING) for more +Elements is released under the terms of the MIT license. See [COPYING](COPYING) for more information or see http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT. [confidential-transactions]: https://www.elementsproject.org/elements/confidential-transactions