<NME> README.md
<BEF> Bitcoin integration/staging tree
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http://www.bitcoin.org

Copyright (c) 2009-2013 Bitcoin Developers

What is Bitcoin?
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This platform enables anyone to build their own businesses or networks
Bitcoin is an experimental new digital currency that enables instant payments to
anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate
with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried
out collectively by the network. Bitcoin is also the name of the open source
software which enables the use of this currency.

For more information, as well as an immediately useable, binary version of
the Bitcoin client software, see http://www.bitcoin.org.

License
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Bitcoin is released under the terms of the MIT license. See [COPYING](COPYING) for more
information or see http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.

Development process
the ability to issue multiple assets on a blockchain where asset identifiers
and amounts are blinded yet auditable through the use of applied cryptography.

 * [Announcement of Confidential Assets](https://blockstream.com/2017/04/03/blockstream-releases-elements-confidential-assets.html)
 * [Confidential Assets Whitepaper](https://blockstream.com/bitcoin17-final41.pdf) to be presented [April 7th at Financial Cryptography 2017](http://fc17.ifca.ai/bitcoin/schedule.html) in Malta
 * [Confidential Assets Tutorial](contrib/assets_tutorial/assets_tutorial.py)
 * [Confidential Assets Demo](https://github.com/ElementsProject/confidential-assets-demo)
 * [Elements Code Tutorial](https://elementsproject.org/elements-code-tutorial/overview) covering blockchain configuration and how to use the main features.

Features of the Elements blockchain platform
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Compared to Bitcoin itself, it adds the following features:
 * [Confidential Assets][asset-issuance]
 * [Confidential Transactions][confidential-transactions]
 * [Federated Two-Way Peg][federated-peg]
 * [Signed Blocks][signed-blocks]
 * [Additional opcodes][opcodes]

Previous elements that have been integrated into Bitcoin:
 * Segregated Witness
 * Relative Lock Time

Elements deferred for additional research and standardization:
 * [Schnorr Signatures][schnorr-signatures]

Additional RPC commands and parameters:
* [RPC Docs](https://elementsproject.org/en/doc/)

The CI (Continuous Integration) systems make sure that every pull request is built for Windows, Linux, and macOS,
and that unit/sanity tests are run automatically.

License
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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://elementsproject.org/features/confidential-transactions
[opcodes]: https://elementsproject.org/features/opcodes
[federated-peg]: https://elementsproject.org/features#federatedpeg
[signed-blocks]: https://elementsproject.org/features#signedblocks
[asset-issuance]: https://elementsproject.org/features/issued-assets
[schnorr-signatures]: https://elementsproject.org/features/schnorr-signatures

What is the Elements Project?
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Elements is an open source, sidechain-capable blockchain platform. It also allows experiments to more rapidly bring technical innovation to the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Learn more on the [Elements Project website](https://elementsproject.org)

https://github.com/ElementsProject/elementsproject.github.io

Secure Reporting
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See [our vulnerability reporting guide](SECURITY.md)


<MSG> Merge pull request #3435

9c6546c Rebrand README.md (Wladimir J. van der Laan)

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-Bitcoin integration/staging tree
+Bitcoin Core integration/staging tree
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 http://www.bitcoin.org
 
-Copyright (c) 2009-2013 Bitcoin Developers
+Copyright (c) 2009-2013 Bitcoin Core Developers
 
 What is Bitcoin?
 ----------------
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ What is Bitcoin?
 Bitcoin is an experimental new digital currency that enables instant payments to
 anyone, anywhere in the world. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate
 with no central authority: managing transactions and issuing money are carried
-out collectively by the network. Bitcoin is also the name of the open source
+out collectively by the network. Bitcoin Core is the name of open source
 software which enables the use of this currency.
 
 For more information, as well as an immediately useable, binary version of
-the Bitcoin client software, see http://www.bitcoin.org.
+the Bitcoin Core software, see http://www.bitcoin.org/en/download.
 
 License
 -------
 
-Bitcoin is released under the terms of the MIT license. See [COPYING](COPYING) for more
+Bitcoin Core is released under the terms of the MIT license. See [COPYING](COPYING) for more
 information or see http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
 
 Development process

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