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| author | Gingeropolous <Gingeropolous@users.noreply.github.com> | 2016-10-10 23:22:13 -0400 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2016-10-10 23:22:13 -0400 |
| commit | eeb7ecfd81ea01a37285b282c7fa74646e98915d (patch) | |
| tree | b726d8b809949440ddf75c5a29e1d02caf2e6b39 /README.md | |
| parent | Merge pull request #1201 (diff) | |
| download | monero-eeb7ecfd81ea01a37285b282c7fa74646e98915d.tar.xz | |
Hard fork info in the Readme
With dashes in the dates and the markdown code aligned to make cows happy. :)
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@@ -57,6 +57,20 @@ There are also several mining pools that kindly donate a portion of their fees, See [LICENSE](LICENSE). +## Monero software updates and consensus protocol changes (hard forking) + +Monero uses a hardforking mechanism to implement new features which requires that +users of Monero software run current versions and update their software on a +regular schedule. Here is the current schedule, versions, and compatability. +Dates are provided in the format YYYYMMDD. + + +| Date | Consensus version | Minimum Monero Version | Recommended Monero Version | Details | +| ----------------- | ----------------- | ---------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------------ | +| 2016-09-21 | v3 | v0.9.4 | v0.10.0 | Splits coinbase into denominations | +| 2017-01-05 | v4 | v0.9.4 | v0.10.0 | Allow normal and RingCT transactions | +| 2017-09-21 | v5 | v0.10.0 | v0.10.0 | Allow only RingCT transactions | + ## Installing Monero from a Package Packages are available for |