diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md index e2f75f85a24f8d3cc62ca522b817b98ee8d797fb..669d82e21e4fa5d0db99676689caacaf1832aa36 100644 --- a/readme.md +++ b/readme.md @@ -2,21 +2,15 @@ # uCoin [](https://travis-ci.org/ucoin-io/ucoin) [](https://coveralls.io/github/ucoin-io/ucoin?branch=master) -uCoin is a free server-side software allowing to create new P2P crypto-currencies based on individuals and Universal Dividend. +uCoin is a libre software allowing to create a new kind of P2P crypto-currencies based on individuals and Universal Dividend. -It is mainly inspired from [OpenUDC project](https://github.com/Open-UDC/open-udc) for that purpose, but differs defining its own open currency protocol called UCP (UCoin Protocol). +Inspired by [Bitcoin](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin) and [OpenUDC project](https://github.com/Open-UDC/open-udc). ## Development state -Software is still under development, and is not used yet. **This means no currency using uCoin exists for now**. +Software is still under development, and **no production currency using uCoin exists for now**. -However, it is hoped to build a new currency in a near future according to the following roadmap: - -1. Several POCs (prototypes) of uCoin will be released (first during August/September 2014) -2. Code adaptation, cleaning, unit tests -3. Beta testing with volunteer people - -> uCoin is server-side software and will require client GUI to be (easily) used. **Feel free to propose yours!** +However, it already exists a testing currency named [MetaBrouzouf](http://ucoin.io/try/). ## Going further