From eeb7ecfd81ea01a37285b282c7fa74646e98915d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gingeropolous Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 23:22:13 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Hard fork info in the Readme With dashes in the dates and the markdown code aligned to make cows happy. :) --- README.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 88640f978..e17a2fa93 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -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