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-# Btcprivate
+# (WIP) Btcprivate
 Home for the new BTCP Chain Code
+
+## WORK IN PROGESS - DO NOT USE UNLESS FOR TESTNET AT THIS TIME
+
+Code will be uploaded when ready to launch public testnet, then this repository will be the home for the new bitcoin private daemon core files.
+
+
+
+** Exchanges, Do not update until instructed that the code is ready for a live launch(*or for the public testnet if you want to test there first*). We can be contacted by official email at support@btcprivate.org
+
+
+Security Warnings
+-----------------
+
+See important security warnings in
+[doc/security-warnings.md](doc/security-warnings.md).
+
+**Bitcoin Private is unfinished and highly experimental.** Use at your own risk.