From 68d28b59730a3681b2930b390900ef4bca3826b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: adamant-al <33592982+adamant-al@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 6 May 2018 14:20:07 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md
Few corrections
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1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,24 +1,36 @@
-# Adamant
+# ADAMANT
-Adamant is decentralized chat platform based on Lisk codebase and written in javascript. For more information please refer to our website: .
+ADAMANT is decentralized messaging platform based on Lisk codebase and written in JavaScript. For more information please refer to our website: .
+
+ADAMANT is the most secure and anonymous messenger, encrypted with Blockchain.
+
+Highlights:
+
+– The most secure and anonymous messenger (see comparison table)
+– A working product. Try it now:
+– Trusted. Open-source project.
+– The only one which is Blockchain-powered
+– Integrated token transfer
+
+**Use this repository to run your own ADAMANT node and support true messaging distribution. You can also promote your node to a delegate to forge blocks and receive ADM block rewards**
[![License: GPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPL%20v3-blue.svg)](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0)
-**NOTE:** The following information is applicable to: **Ubuntu 16.04 (LTS) or 16.10 - x86_64**.
+**NOTE:** The following information is applicable to **Ubuntu 16.04 (LTS) or 16.10 — x86_64**.
-For making process simple you can use tools/install_ubuntu_dependencies.sh script.
+For making process simplier, you can use tools/install_ubuntu_dependencies.sh script.
-## Prerequisites - In order
+## Prerequisites — In order
-- Tool chain components -- Used for compiling dependencies
+- Tool chain components — Used for compiling dependencies
`sudo apt-get install -y python build-essential curl automake autoconf libtool`
-- Git () -- Used for cloning and updating Adamant
+- Git () — Used for cloning and updating ADAMANT
`sudo apt-get install -y git`
-- Node.js () -- Node.js serves as the underlying engine for code execution.
+- Node.js () — Node.js serves as the underlying engine for code execution
System wide via package manager:
@@ -56,7 +68,7 @@ For making process simple you can use tools/install_ubuntu_dependencies.sh scrip
sudo -u postgres psql -d adamant_main -c "alter user "$USER" with password 'password';"
```
-- PM2 () -- PM2 manages the node process for Adamant (Optional)
+- PM2 () — PM2 manages the node process for ADAMANT (Optional)
`sudo npm install -g pm2`
@@ -65,7 +77,7 @@ For making process simple you can use tools/install_ubuntu_dependencies.sh scrip
## Installation Steps
-Clone the Adamant repository using Git and initialize the modules.
+Clone the ADAMANT repository using Git and initialize the modules.
```
git clone https://github.com/Adamant-im/adamant
@@ -73,9 +85,9 @@ cd adamant
npm install
```
-## Alternative ubuntu install process
+## Alternative Ubuntu install process
-Alternative way to install Adamant with prerequisites. You need only git installed locally. Or instead of cloning you could download and unpack zip from github.
+Alternative way to install ADAMANT with prerequisites. You need only Git installed locally. Or instead of cloning you can download and unpack zip from GitHub.
```
# Create user
@@ -97,9 +109,9 @@ sudo -u postgres psql -d adamant_main -c "alter user "$USER" with password 'pass
npm install
```
-## Managing Adamant
+## Managing ADAMANT
-To test that Adamant is built and configured correctly, run the following command:
+To test that ADAMANT is built and configured correctly, run the following command:
`node app.js`
@@ -111,7 +123,7 @@ After the process is started, its runtime status and log location can be retriev
`pm2 show adamant`
-To stop Adamant after it has been started with `pm2`, issue the following command:
+To stop ADAMANT after it has been started with `pm2`, issue the following command:
`pm2 stop adamant`
@@ -144,7 +156,7 @@ createdb adamant_test
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```
-Launch Adamant (runs on port 36667):
+Launch ADAMANT (runs on port 36667):
```
node app.js