From 8ba8b8597ae522d0f4734233d158259aa06a7b83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Martin=20Habov=C5=A1tiak?= Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 10:42:19 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clearly state that altcoins are not supported. I think we wanted to add this but forgot. Used the word "altcoin" instead of "shitcoin" to avoid "x is not a shitcoin but an altcoin" arguments. --- README.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fad9eff..29c5eb1 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ which is better optimized for public usage at the cost of consuming *significant * [`txindex`](https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook/blob/develop/ch03.asciidoc#txindex) is not required for the Bitcoin node * Uses a single [RocksDB](https://github.com/spacejam/rust-rocksdb) database, for better consistency and crash recovery +## Altcoins + +Altcoins are **not supported**! +Forks of Bitcoin codebase that relax the consensus rules (hard forks) are also **not supported**. + +You may be able to find a fork of electrs that does support them, look around or make your own, just don't file issues/PRs here. + ## Index database The database schema is described [here](doc/schema.md).